2022 Worlds Best Workforce Report

2021-2022 Goal 
Students enrolled in PreK3 and PreK 4 will show growth in all assessed areas as measured by TS GOLD assessments given in the Fall of 2021 and Spring of 2022.

Strategies

• PreK3 and PreK4 teachers met weekly for PLCs to discuss data and inform instruction
• PreK3 and PreK4 teachers met during data days to dive deeper into the TSGold assessment results to support student outcomes
• PreK4 students were invited to attend Summer ENCORE

Results & Response
Goal Met-Students showed growth from Fall 2021 to Spring 2022. 

2021-2022 Goal
Increase reading proficiency by 5% for third-grade students from all ethnic groups as measured by the MCA Reading in 2021-2022.

Strategies

• Instructional Coaches
• Focus on the whole group instruction within the literacy block
• District-wide PLCs
• Academic Tutoring
• PRESS interventions to support literacy
• Professional development focused on literacy

Results & Response
Goal not met in every ethnic group. 

2021-2022 Goal
The achievement gap in Columbia Heights Public Schools will decrease by 5% from the 2020-2021 school year, to the 2021-2022 school year as measured by the MCA reading in grades 3-10.

Strategies

• Culturally Relevant Teaching Professional Development at the school level
• Affinity Groups for staff district-wide and families at some buildings
• Equity Surveys and Focus Groups
• Applied for multiple grants to support professional development, resources and staff time

Results and Response
Goal not met.

2021-2022 Goal
Increase the percentage of students by 10% overall that reach proficiency on the following benchmarks:  MCA reading at 4th, 7th, and 10th and  MCA math at 5th, 8th and 11th.

Strategies

• ENCORE programming to support students before and after school
• PLCs
• Focus on Pathways in CTE (Career and Technical Education)
• PSAT and SAT Offered
• Academic Tutoring and support
• Youth Leadership at Columbia Academy

Results & Response
Goal not met.

2021-2022 Goal
Increase graduation rate by 2 percent from 2020-2021 to 2021-2022.

Strategies

• Family Engagement
• PLCs
• Data monitoring by admin
• Academic Tutoring and Support
• PD around instruction and culturally relevant instruction

Results and Response
 The Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) has not yet released the 2022 Graduation Rates. The graduation rate for Columbia Heights High School in 2021 was 93.3 percent which is an increase from the 2020 graduation rate of 89.7 percent. The overall graduation rate for Minnesota was 83.3 percent in 2021. The District will post the 2022 results online when they are released.