Progress Monitoring - Targets and Benchmarks

Based on the data analysis and identification of student performance priorities, schools and districts should clarify the targets that will focus their improvement efforts for the next two school years. If the school or district already set targets in the prior year, those targets should be updated based on the most recent performance data.

Once annual targets are set for the next two years, districts and schools must identify interim measures, or what they will measure during the year to determine if progress is being made towards each of the annual targets. Both annual targets and interim measures should be documented in the Unified Improvement Plan (UIP). If using the streamlined UIP template, targets and benchmarks will be found in the Priorities & Targets tab; if using the traditional UIP template, targets and benchmarks are found in section IV: Action Plan tab in the UIP Online System.

Implementation Milestone Guidance: This document gives an overview of Implementation Benchmarks and provides guidance for how to create and use them effectively in improvement planning
Implementation Milestone Examples: Examples of possible Implementation Milestones

The UIP Handbook, updated April 2023, describes Target Setting in further detail. As of August 2024, the UIP Handbook is tailored for the Traditional UIP Template, however, the information is transferrable to the Streamlined UIP Template. 

• Selecting Comparison Points (PDF), updated August 2022
• SPF Scoring Guides and Reference Data (PDF)
  An excerpt from the School Performance Framework that includes the details related to minimum state expectations for each performance indicator area.