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Priority Area 3 - Academics

DAYS 1-30: IMMEDIATE PRIORITIES

Comprehensive Review of Academic Performance Data

  • Analyze student achievement data disaggregated by school, grade level, race, socioeconomic status, disability status, and English language proficiency.
  • Identify schools demonstrating both high performance and significant challenges to inform targeted supports and interventions.
  • Brief senior leadership and the board on initial academic findings and implications for instructional practice and resource allocation.

DAYS 61-100: SUSTAINED PRIORITIES

Instructional and Programmatic Readiness

  • Ensure each school’s plan includes goals aligned to PGCPS strategic goals, metrics, and MTSS supports.
  • Review Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) and Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) plans submitted to MSDE to assess alignment with student achievement goals, strategic use of resources, and budgetary priorities.
  • Build in measurable key performance indicators to monitor instructional quality and student growth.
  • Assess whether schools made adequate expected growth from the 2024-2025 academic year.
  • Study which schools exceeded growth, met growth, or underachieved expected growth and set targeted plans for schools based upon findings.
  • Review current grading and reporting policies.