Medford School District Board of Education
Objective Key Result and Key Performance Indicators
Objective Key Result:
ALL MSD students graduate with the skills, knowledge, curiosity, and drive to succeed in a job, trade school, college, or university.
Board/District Goals (Key Performance Indicators):
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Students Can Read: Third Grade Reading, State Assessment
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Students Are Numerate: Eighth Grade Math, State Assessment
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Students Are Engaged: YouthTruth, Engagement Measure
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Students Graduate: Four Year Graduation Rate and Five Year Completer Rate
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Students Leave Prepared: Students Graduating in a Pathway and/or With a Future Plan
All Key Performance Indicators will be measured in aggregate, and disaggregated by student group.
2023-2024 Goal: Reading achievement at least at pre-pandemic levels.
Priorities and Desired Outcomes 2023-2024:
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In order to know every student by name, strength, and need, identify the academic, social, and emotional needs of every student and develop a plan to help meet those needs.
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Provide a system for intentional systematization of flexible credit opportunities to facilitate graduating on time.
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Identify and adopt effective teaching and learning methods and strategies with a focus on reading and literacy.
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Improve safety and security.
Created: March 4, 2021 Board Work Session
Revised: March 11, 2021 Executive Leadership Team (Shared with Board 3.12.21)
Adopted: March 18, 2021 Board Meeting
Revised: July 25, 2022 Board Retreat
Measures of the System
Objective Key Result: ALL students graduate with the skills, knowledge, curiosity, and drive to succeed in a job, trade school, college, or university.
Measure |
2022-23 |
2021-22 |
2020-21 |
2019-20 |
2018-19 |
2017-18 |
4-year Cohort Graduation Rate* |
85% |
87.2% |
82.4% |
83.4% |
80.3% |
80.5% |
5-year Cohort Completer Rate* |
90.3% |
89% |
87.4% |
89.8% |
87.5% |
85.3% |
Graduates with Pathway Endorsement*** |
Released in January ‘24 |
64% |
*** |
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3rd Grade Reading* |
36% |
38% |
** |
** |
42.9% |
48.2% |
8th Grade Mathematics* |
24% |
27% |
** |
** |
43% |
46% |
YouthTruth High School, Engagement |
21 (Percentile) |
19 (Percentile) |
5 (Percentile) |
18 (Percentile) |
27 (Percentile) |
14 (Percentile) |
YouthTruth Middle School, Engagement |
14 (Percentile) |
31 (Percentile) |
24 (Percentile) |
55 (Percentile) |
60 (Percentile) |
38 (Percentile) |
YouthTruth Elementary Family, Engagement |
30 (Percentile) |
11 (Percentile) |
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Regular Attenders* |
64% |
68% |
** |
** |
92.9% |
92.9% |
9th Grade On-Track* |
78% |
75% |
63%** |
79.3%** |
86.3% |
87.7% |
Organizational Health Index (OHI) (recommend school/dept. as a great place to work) |
63% |
55% |
73% |
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Early Literacy (1st Grade EOY) |
43% |
41% |
33% |
** |
49% |
54% |
Talented and Gifted Overall |
8% |
7% |
6.3% |
7.4% |
7.5% |
7.1% |
Percentage TAG from Higher Poverty Schools (50% of Schools) |
20% |
20% |
33% |
33% |
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Dual Credit/College Credit/AP Credit Earned |
*** |
*** |
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Student Discipline: Students Receiving Out-of-School Suspension |
(930) |
(732) 6% |
** |
(604) 4.17% |
(699) 4.86% |
(568) 3.99% |
Teacher Retention |
84% |
84% |
85% |
84% |
*Student Success Act Measure and State Report Card Measures
**Not reported due to COVID / 2019-20 & 2020-21 school year are not directly comparable to rates published for prior school years due to low participation rates
***In Development
BOLD = Board/District Goal