Not exact matches
Annual average improvement target of 2.5 percentage point gains in achievement on state
reading and math tests between 2018 and 2025 for all students and student subgroups; plan includes
goal of reaching a graduation rate of 90 percent by 2025 for all students and student subgroups
NCLB requires
annual testing of students in
reading and mathematics in grades 3 through 8 (and at least once in grades 10 through 12) and that states rate schools, both as a whole and for key subgroups, with regard to whether they are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward their state's proficiency
goals.
ROCKVILLE, MD — Over the past few weeks, the Colorado Department of Education released a study on student performance in geography, an international research organization put out a 32 - nation study of
reading literacy, and the National Education
Goals Panel issued its second
annual progress report.
Yet, if you
read the policy papers coming out of CAP, Ed Trust, the Chamber of Commerce, and other left of center organizations, they don't want to scrap its most onerous parts: a deadline for getting all kids to «proficiency,» Soviet - style
annual goals, dozens of boxes to check in order to be considered a good school, etc..
Teachers had attended a week - long summer institute on teaching
reading, and each department and grade level had selected
annual student achievement
goals.
Annual goals ideally should follow Paul J. Meyer's recommendations for creating SMART
goals, meaning that they should target a specific area (e.g., accuracy in
reading, time spent staying in one's seat) and be measurable, achievable, relevant to the student, and time - bound.
This case study follows an elementary school
reading teacher as she develops
annual goals for her students based on lexile levels and then invests her students to progress toward those
goals.
Read the case study and reflect on how to create
annual goals for your classroom as well as plans to invest students in the
goals.
Most of you who
read this site know I set out
annual writing
goals at the beginning of the year (you can find my 2013 writing
goals here).
And
reading back through a series of
annual reports really adds depth — it's a great way to weed out companies & managers who consistently fail to deliver (& who constantly move the bloody
goal - posts).