Defining Student Success – ENDS
Buena Vista School District Board of Education has defined Student Success through a Learner Profile known as the 7 C’s and four supporting goals for students. These are are known as the District ENDS and monitored by the Board of Education monthly.
Global END: Buena Vista School District exists to ensure every student reaches the peak of success by being curious, connected, constructive, critically competent, creative, collaborative, and character-centered at a cost demonstrating good stewardship of District resources.
ENDS 1: Students are capable of building relationships with others, solving conflicts positively, and contributing to their community
ENDS 2: Students have the academic knowledge, skills, and critical thinking to pursue their individual post-secondary goals
ENDS 3: Students demonstrate the resiliency and character needed to face the personal and practical challenges of life
ENDS 4: Students are proud of and inspired by their school experience
Measuring Student Success
One of the core values of Student-Centered Accountability (S-CAP) is that student success is defined through multiple measures. A single test score is simply not enough to evaluate, monitor, or guide continuous improvement of organizations. The use of a single, annual test over simplifies the complexities of student growth and is not able to measure the dispositions businesses value today – like collaboration, problem-solving, integrity, reliability, gratitude, and initiative. For this reason, S-CAP districts have expanded the measures used monitor student success and organized into three major categories:
Academic Competence and Critical Thinking includes the annual state tests (CMAS, PSAT and SAT) as well as other academic measures like elementary reading, NWEA, and district assessments. S-CAP districts are also observing critical thinking in students and standardizing measures.
Learning Dispositions are the traits students and citizens demonstrate who contribute to their communities and live with prosperity. S-CAP districts believe the school experience is intended to help develop these strong character qualities in youth along with basic, essential knowledge and skills. Being involved in school and activities is both a means of developing these traits as well as an indicator of long term development of positive character. Learning dispositions include traits such as the ability to resolve conflicts positively, to face the challenges of life with resiliency, to be reliable, to act with integrity, to serve others, to be reflective, and to know one’s gifts and interests. Measures such as attendance and participation, surveys, and teacher observations are utilized to monitor learning dispositions.
Post Secondary Readiness means a student is equipped to pursue a quality of life. The student has had the opportunity to examine interests and skills and is prepared to enter the workforce, continue education at a college or training center, enter the military, or other interest. Measures such as graduation and drop out rates, entrance to college/trade school, capstone projects, and alumni surveys are used to monitor a district’s success in this area.
BV Schools Student Success Measures and Targets 2026-27
| Academics and Critical Thinking | |
| Measure | Targets |
| 1.1 Essentials | |
| BV Essentials – Reading | 85% at 3- or above |
| BV Essentials – Writing | 85% at 3- or above |
| BV Essentials – Math | 85% at 3- or above |
| BV Essentials – Critical Thinking | 85% at 3- or above |
| CCHS Credit Completion | 80% complete all courses enrolled |
| 1.2 CMAS | |
| CMAS – ELA | Achievement average higher than stateGrowth stable or increasing |
| CMAS – Math | Average higher than stateGrowth stable or increasing |
| 1.3 PSAT/SAT | |
| PSAT/SAT ELA | Average higher than state |
| PSAT/SAT Math | Average higher than state |
| 1.4 Reading and Math Intervention | |
| Reading Intervention | Less than 15% of all students in reading intervention |
| Math Intervention | Less than 15% of all students in math intervention2026-27 is baseline measure and not rated |
| 1.5 TS Gold Preschool Observational Assessment | |
| SocialLiteracyMath | 85% meet benchmarks |
| Learning Dispositions | |
| Measure | Targets |
| 2.1 Survey (average of all constructs) | |
| Family | 85% positivity rates *denotes less than 30% response rate, meaning results could impact results and strategy to increase rates needed. |
| Educator | 90% positivity rates *denotes less than 50% response rate, meaning results could impact results and strategy to increase rates needed. |
| Student | 85% positivity rates *denotes less than 70% response rate, meaning results could impact results and strategy to increase rates needed. |
| 2.2 Participation | |
| Activity Participation | 85% or more 7-12 students participate in one or more school activity |
| 2.3 Attendance | |
| Attendance | 85% of students have fewer than 17 absences |
| 2.4 Discipline | |
| Referrals | Students with 0-1 referrals is at least 85% Students with 2-5 referrals is less than 10%Students with more than 5 referrals is less than 5% |
| Detentions/Saturday School | Students with 0-1 detentions is at least 85% Students with 2-5 detentions is less than 10%Students with more than 5 detentions is less than 5% |
| Suspensions/Expulsions | 100% suspensions and expulsions are used after other interventions have been tried or for first time critical threats to othersStudents with one or more in school suspension is less than 5%Students with one or more out of school suspensions is less than 5%.Students with expulsions are 0 or less than four over a three year period. |
| 2.5 Observations | |
| TS Gold – preschool7C’s Report Card – elementaryWork habit – Middle schoolCapstone – BVHSCompetency Demonstration Rubric from sections: Executive Functioning, Personal Well Being, Interpersonal Skills, Real World Connections (Seniors Only) – CCHS | 85% meet benchmarks |
| Post Secondary | |
| Measure | Targets |
| 3.1 Graduation Rates | |
| Graduation rates | 95% or higher graduate (Use AEC average rates when available) |
| Dropout rates | At or below state drop out rates (Use AEC Average rates when available) |
| 3.2 Capstone | |
| Capstone Scores – BVHS | 85% score 3 or higher on capstone presentation or Average is 3.2 or higher85% of students score 3 or above on all five graduation disposition competencies |
| 7 C Post Secondary Competency – CCHS | 85% of students meet the Competencies |
| 3.3 Senior Survey | |
| Senior Survey | 85% positivity on preparation for practical challenges of life |
| Senior Survey | 85% positivity on preparation for post secondary pursuits |
| 3.4 Alumni Survey | |
| Alumni Survey | 85% positivity on preparation for practical challenges of life |
| Alumni Survey | 85% positivity on preparation for post secondary pursuits |
| 3.5 Career Connections – Credits Before Graduation | |
| Work Based Course | 85% or higher participants score 80% or higher in course |
| Internship or SWAP | 95% of students who want an internship or exploratory experience are matched |
| Percent of 12th grade students earning at least one concurrent credit, certificate, endorsement, or work based learning credit. | Baseline for 2026-27 before setting target (consider 85% for future but may depend on state benchmark setting, which will be normed) |
| 3.6 State Matriculation | |
| Pursuits after graduation | District meets or exceeds state benchmarks – CCHS needs comparative data to other AEC |
