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11/20/2025 1:51:27 PM News

Essential Elements of Goal Setting and Strategic Planning Focused on Raising Student Achievement Outcomes

Despite good intentions, school boards can lose sight of their core responsibilities. Instead of maintaining a focus on elevating student achievement outcomes, some get stuck in the wrong lane of concentrating on daily operations. The Indiana School Boards Association recommends seven essential elements of goal setting and strategic planning to help school boards better serve children by becoming student-focused.

Read more in the Summer 2025 edition of The Journal magazine.

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Terry Spradlin

ISBA Executive Director

tspradlin@isba-ind.org

 

Steve Horton

ISBA Director of Board Services

shorton@isba-ind.org

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