Improve students' writing performance

We will increase student performance through the school improvement process.

Students’ 1999, 2000, 2001 ISAT and school local assessment scores have been reviewed by our staff. These scores continue to indicate writing as an area to target for improvement. Classroom Data, Formative and Summative Assessment Data, and ISAT results will be gathered and analyzed this year to assess progress made on broad targets outlined in this plan. Our school is facilitating the Plan-Do-Study-Act Improvement process as a means to establish a baseline for understanding specific instructional needs related to improving student writing performance. This data will be used to inform our planning and staff development as we narrow the focus of our improvement efforts to specific areas of intervention related to writing instruction.

The S.I.L.T., Principal, Quality Improvement Team, and Literacy Leaders will facilitate this goal.

Examine summative local assessment data, and 2001 – 02 ISAT data to measure progress toward this goal. The local assessment data will show evidence that 80% of all students are mastering writing objectives. The ISAT data will show evidence that fewer students are in the "academic warning" and are in the "does not meet" categories. The ISAT results should also show a higher percentage of students are in the "exceeds" designation.

August 28, 2001

May 31, 2002

Action Plan

(What are the critical elements of the goal?)

(How will we measure progress?)

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Title 1, 2, 4, 6

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BASELINE DATA COLLECTION

A systematic process for collecting and reporting classroom level writing data through December 2001.

• Operational Definition for each quality measure
• Written Assessment Criteria
• A time line for data collection
• Run Charts/ Bar Graphs etc depicting data collected at the classroom, grade , and school level
• Attitude survey - pre assessment

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BASELINE DATA ASSESSMENT

• Deficit areas in student performance identified and documented through the use of quality tools

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• Causes for deficits in student performance are analyzed and documented through the use of quality tools
• A written improvement theory is developed

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INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS

• An improvement plan is developed and published to guide the implementation of the instructional interventions to support the improvement theory

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COLLECT IMPROVEMENT DATA AND MONITOR STUDENT PROGRESS

• Written Assessment Criteria
• A time line for data collection
• Run Charts/ Bar Graphs etc depicting data collected at the classroom, grade , and school level

Attitude survey - post assessment

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• Growth in student performance identified and documented through the use of quality tools
• Effect for improved performance analyzed and documented through the use of quality tools

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