TARGET: Conduct a literacy study to improve the teaching and learning of language arts and mathematics standards.
ACCOMPLISHED: IN PROGRESS: FOCUS:
  • Aligned district curriculum with state goals and standards for math and most of language arts.
  • Communicated achievement expectations to students, staff, and parents through a variety of media.
  • Provided professional development for all staff in SAI (Standards-Assessment-Instruction program) processes and concepts.
  • Developed and administered formative and summative assessments in math and language arts.
  • Instituted student self evaluation process K-8.
  • Piloted SAI.
  • Developed systems for collecting feedback on SAI.
  • Used feedback to identify issues related to data collection and analysis
Refine district math and language arts curriculum Refine SAI schedules
  • Developed and posted District SAI Web site
  • Instituted tools to gather and present SAI data for analysis.
  • Aligned K-6 reporting periods with SAI cycles.
  • Purchased AbacusXP to improve data reporting capabilities.
  • Revising SAI components:
  • Curriculums Assessments Procedures Schedule I Can Do It! Parent materials Classroom posters
    • Refining SAI reporting processes to improve turnaround and accuracy.
    • Designing SAI professional development for 2000-2001.
    • Aligning classroom instruction with SAI curriculum order.
    • Developing classroom-based assessments to align with SAI.
  • Will revise SAI components.
  • Will improve SAI reporting procedures.
  • Will focus SAI professional development on instructional strategies to improve student achievement for:
  • New Teachers ISU Interns Non-tenured Academy Strand Tenured Re-certification Strand Building SAI teams
    • Will use 2000-2001 as baseline data for measuring long-term student progress.