Granger high school grapples with the basics — and wins — This once failing high school now offers a bright future to its students thanks to Principal Richard Esparza's no - nonsense approach to teaching these economically disadvantaged youth, many who arrive well
below grade level in all subject areas.
To this end, we worked with the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning, and Equity (SCALE) to build the Cognitive Skills Rubric: 36 skills — like oral presentation, active listening, and interpreting information — upon which all of our projects are built, across
every grade level in every subject.
In terms of academic performance, KIPP students» achievement in grade 4 (before entering KIPP) is lower than the district average by 0.09 standard deviations in reading and by 0.08 standard deviations in math, or roughly one - quarter of
a grade level in each subject.
Despite the fears of academic disaster expressed by opponents of Proposition 227, the number of students scoring above the 50th percentile did not fall at
any grade level in any subject area.
Reduce basals to reference books — slim core texts that set forth as clearly as a dictionary the essential skills and information to be learned at
each grade level in each subject.
Standards describe what a student should know and be able to do at
each grade level in all subjects.
All teachers at
all grade levels in all subjects have speaking assignments for students, but many teachers believe they don't know how to teach speaking, and many even fear public speaking themselves.