Collaboration
When students fail assessments, how will we respond. Data is information not condemnation. It is a result at a certain point in time; therefore, when the results are not favorable, then we must focus on what is the cause of the performance. In order to analyze data, we must be looking for strengths as well as weaknesses. Strengths show processes in place. Weaknesses show room for improvement. If our data shows everything as a strength, then it is time to turn up the rigor. The kids are obviously ready for it. If the data shows everything as a weakness, then we must ask why the rigor of our assessment didn't match the rigor of our instruction.Here's how teachers and leaders must work interdependently to analyze data and make a plan to effectively and efficiently respond to results.
- Schoolwide Grade Level Data
- What skills were strengths for the grade level?
- What skills were areas of concern for the grade level?
- What is our plan to remediate school-wide areas of concern?
- What is our plan to capitalize on strengths?
- Teacher or Class Data
- By each teacher or class period, which skills were our strengths?
- By each teacher or class period, which skills were our areas of concern?
- What is the plan to reteach the areas of concern?
- What is the plan to learn from our strong instructional practices?
- Individual Student Data
- Which students failed the assessment?
- What is the reason for failure?
- Reading difficulties?
- Vocabulary difficulties?
- Comprehending what the question is asking?
- Developing a plan to solve the problem or answer the question?
- What is the plan to remediate and when and how frequently will it be done?
Building Strong Readers
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| Mrs. Bates' class is displaying their science projects that integrated science content with writing skills. Great job 4th graders!!! |
Here's the point. If we want students to be great students, we must model great reading for the students, show them that they are great readers and put them in situations as much as possible where reading is essential for learning.
Reading is a bicycle. The more you practice reading, the better reader you become.
Vertical Team Success
Our first vertical team meeting on October 8 was a good success. Lots of things were accomplished on this day. ELA teachers began to discuss how they were going to improve in vocabulary acquisition, fluency and inferencing. Math teachers collaborated on how they were going to create rigorous lessons aligned to the readiness standards in the 2nd 6 weeks. Science and social studies teachers discussed how non-tested teachers would support tested grades in their instruction. CTE teachers created course sequences that aligned to HB 5 and CTE certifications. Special Education teachers reflected on the new AND different STAAR tests. PE teachers made a plan to prepare our kids for Fitnessgram, while Fine Arts teachers created a fine arts plan to display our talented students' work throughout the year. Our counselors began creating a district-wide RtI system while our MITS discussed a plan to roll out digital textbooks next August. You did a great job. Thank you for your efforts. |
| Wanda Risner's Anatomy students are using Play-Dough to build models of all types of body tissues. Great assessment idea. |
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Michael Hyatt
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