Academic Plans
Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness (World's Best Workforce)
In 2013, The World's Best Workforce (WBWF) initiative was passed by Minnesota Legislature (MN Statute 120B.11), requiring school districts to create a long-term strategic plan to enhance student achievement through teaching and learning supports.
In 2024, WBWF was updated and renamed to Comprehensive Achievement and Civic Readiness (CACR), to better reflect the duel focus of the plan's goals—supporting students with academic achievement within their pre-K through 12 experience as well as preparing them to be active members of their community after graduation.
CACR plans must address most of the same goals that of the WBWF, with one additional goal:
- All children are ready for school
- All racial and economic achievement gaps between students are closed
- All students are ready for career and college
- All students graduate from high school
- Prepare students to be lifelong learners (New for CACR plans)
Note: Due to legislative changes, third grade reading is no longer a WBWF goal area as of the 2023–24 school year. Instead, the goal of ensuring that all students are reading at grade level is now embedded in the READ Act (see below).
Along with a plan, legislation requires us to hold an annual meeting (held at the end of the calendar year) and publish an annual report documenting progress towards plan goals. Download or most recent annual report below.
Please note: The transition from WBWF to CACR takes effect with the 2024-25 school year strategic plans. The most recent annual report available on this page reflects progress under the World's Best Workforce framework. Future reports will align with the updated CACR goals, beginning with the Fall 2025 annual summary report. To learn more, please refer to the Department of Education's website.
Literacy Plan (READ act)
Minnesota Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act, known as the READ Act, was passed and signed into law on May 24, 2023. The goal of this legislation is to have every Minnesota child reading at or above grade level every year, beginning in kindergarten, and to support multilingual learners and students receiving special education services in achieving their individualized reading goals.
We and charter schools are required to annually submit data to MDE on student performance in Kindergarten, Grade 1, 2, and 3 on foundational reading skills including phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, fluency, and oral language, in addition to our Local Literacy Plan.