District unveils strategic-plan dashboard showing mixed results, targets for gap-closing
May 11, 2026 | Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, School Districts, North Carolina
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The superintendent presented a new strategic-plan dashboard on Nov. 7 that officials said will make district progress and disaggregated student outcomes public on a regular basis.
District staff said the dashboard shows the system exceeded several growth targets — the district’s overall growth index rose to 1.06 — and that reading growth increased substantially. At the same time, staff warned that measures of “college-and-career ready” performance shifted after the state reset math proficiency cut points, which lowered statewide college-and-career rates and made comparative results appear worse even where local performance held steady. A district presenter said the reset reduced the statewide college-and-career rate by 7.2 percentage points while the district fell by 4.7 points, noting the district nonetheless outperformed the state on several measures.
Why it matters: The dashboard is intended to let parents, principals and the board track progress by subgroup and by school. Board members pressed staff for more granular comparisons with demographically similar districts and for school-level detail that shows where supports are needed now.
Officials described several specific next steps. The district plans to expand co-teaching models so students with disabilities and English learners receive core instruction alongside peers, continue partnerships with higher-education institutions to build teacher capacity (including ESL and gifted-certification pathways), and scale literacy work through the American Reading Company and other partners. Administrators also said the district will report quarterly using NC Check-Ins (benchmarks aligned to end-of-grade tests) so the board can monitor progress during the year.
On equity, staff said they will continue micro-courses and professional development on culturally relevant pedagogy and restorative practices. A district presenter added that the office of equity and inclusion has piloted professional learning and intends to broaden implementation.
Board members repeatedly asked for concrete, school-level actions tied to the data — for example, whether additional reading or math specialists will be placed at specific schools — and for regular updates on whether staffing reallocations are improving outcomes. The superintendent and staff agreed to return with more detailed staffing and intervention plans and to provide a report on the drivers of an observed gap between ACT scores and the district graduation rate.
What’s next: Staff said the dashboard goes public the next day and that the board will receive quarterly updates, with a focused presentation on discipline data and interventions in March.
District staff said the dashboard shows the system exceeded several growth targets — the district’s overall growth index rose to 1.06 — and that reading growth increased substantially. At the same time, staff warned that measures of “college-and-career ready” performance shifted after the state reset math proficiency cut points, which lowered statewide college-and-career rates and made comparative results appear worse even where local performance held steady. A district presenter said the reset reduced the statewide college-and-career rate by 7.2 percentage points while the district fell by 4.7 points, noting the district nonetheless outperformed the state on several measures.
Why it matters: The dashboard is intended to let parents, principals and the board track progress by subgroup and by school. Board members pressed staff for more granular comparisons with demographically similar districts and for school-level detail that shows where supports are needed now.
Officials described several specific next steps. The district plans to expand co-teaching models so students with disabilities and English learners receive core instruction alongside peers, continue partnerships with higher-education institutions to build teacher capacity (including ESL and gifted-certification pathways), and scale literacy work through the American Reading Company and other partners. Administrators also said the district will report quarterly using NC Check-Ins (benchmarks aligned to end-of-grade tests) so the board can monitor progress during the year.
On equity, staff said they will continue micro-courses and professional development on culturally relevant pedagogy and restorative practices. A district presenter added that the office of equity and inclusion has piloted professional learning and intends to broaden implementation.
Board members repeatedly asked for concrete, school-level actions tied to the data — for example, whether additional reading or math specialists will be placed at specific schools — and for regular updates on whether staffing reallocations are improving outcomes. The superintendent and staff agreed to return with more detailed staffing and intervention plans and to provide a report on the drivers of an observed gap between ACT scores and the district graduation rate.
What’s next: Staff said the dashboard goes public the next day and that the board will receive quarterly updates, with a focused presentation on discipline data and interventions in March.
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