"Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness” means striving to do the following:

• Have all students meet school readiness goals.
  
• Have all third grade students achieve grade-level literacy.
  
• Close the academic achievement gap among all racial and ethnic groups of students and between students living in poverty and their more privileged peers.
  
• Have all students graduate from high school.
  
• Have all students attain college and career preparedness.

The School Board is to develop a plan to support and improve teaching and learning that is aligned to the Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness and includes the following:

• Clearly defined student achievement goals and benchmarks.
  
• Process to evaluate each student’s progress toward meeting the state and local academic standards.
  
• A system to review and evaluate the effectiveness of instruction and curriculum.
  
• Practices that integrate high-quality instruction, rigorous curriculum, instructional technology, and a collaborative professional culture that support teacher quality, performance and effectiveness.
  
• Evidence-based strategies for improving curriculum, instruction and student achievement.
  
• An annual budget for continuation of district plan implementation.

Recommended Plan Components

• Agreement between local union and school board on a teacher evaluation system
  
• A rubric that defines effectiveness of instruction
  
• Description of the professional standards the district used in the development of the system.
  
• Description of the form of teacher collaboration i.e. professional learning teams, peer coaching, principal feedback and reflection on instruction
  
• Description of opportunities for evaluation feedback on instruction from summative evaluators
  
• Description of the plan for program improvement.

Success in reaching the Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness goals will be measured by the following:

• Student performance on the National Association of Education Progress (NAEP)
  
• Reduction of the academic achievement gap by student subgroup
  
• Student performance on the MN Comprehensive Assessments
  
• College and career readiness under section 120B.30, subdivision 1.