District explains how three-year rolling averages shape proficiency targets

Curriculum and instruction staff walked the board through how proficiency percentages on the state report card are calculated and why that affects goal-setting at school and district levels. The presenter said the report-card percent for a year is a weighted, three-year rolling average that incorporates prior years’ results as well as the current year’s outcomes.

“That is not just our 25–26 score; that score is our last three years with our 25–26 and this is the percentage it’s showing,” the curriculum presenter explained, adding that the rolling-average method is why targets are often set as modest, multi-year increments rather than large single-year jumps. Staff also reiterated plans to update curriculum to align to DPI standards, emphasize success criteria to make learning visible to students, and use the statewide data release next week for cross-school comparisons and more precise target-setting.