After scores on the 2014 New York State English
language arts assessment at P.S. 52 Sheepshead Bay School in Brooklyn were unsatisfactory, first - year principal Rafael Alvarez searched for a way to improve academic outcomes for his students, who come from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds and about a quarter of whom are English language learners.
Not exact matches
At this time, advisers will also review key benchmark
assessments in
language arts and math and will plan any interventions that may be necessary to address learning gaps or credit deficiencies.
Thomas Payzant: Focusing on the Big Picture
at Dallas ISD Dallas News, February 7, 2012 «Standards - based reform has been a game - changer in states and school districts since the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in 1993 - 94, which required states to develop standards in
language arts and math and to develop annual student
assessments aligned with those standards,» writes Professor Thomas Payzant.
Prior analyses of
assessment data uniformly indicate that ELL students are much less likely than other students to score
at or above proficient levels in both mathematics and reading /
language arts.
Helping states meet Title I's requirement that they have challenging content and performance standards in
at least math and English /
language arts by the fall of 1997 and high - quality aligned
assessments by 2000 - 2001.
In 1992, when the new CLAS
assessments were being implemented, the contract to develop national English
language arts standards was awarded by the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to the Center for the Study of Reading
at the University of Illinois, in collaboration with the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
Jeannie Herres, elementary science teacher; Jeanne Carlson, elementary English
language arts teacher; Jeff Manikowski, elementary math teacher; and Jesse Maine, director of curriculum, instruction, and
assessment, will represent the district as part of the panel discussion
at the Nittany Lion Inn in State College.
In English
language arts (ELA) / literacy, the PLDs
at each grade level are written for the two
assessment claims of reading and writing.
On state
assessments, their students have been outperforming peers
at other schools — with 10th - graders, for example, ranking first in English
language arts, 12th in math, and sixth in science in 2014 — and it's not because they've been prepping intensely.
Students in third through eighth grade take TNReady
assessments in English
language arts, math, science, and social studies
at the end of each school year.
-- Each State plan shall demonstrate that the State educational agency, in consultation with local educational agencies, has implemented a set of high - quality statewide academic
assessments that --(i) includes,
at a minimum, academic statewide
assessments in mathematics, reading or
language arts, and science; and»
The only measures a State may include within its Academic Achievement indicator in addition to the required measure of student performance on the statewide reading /
language arts and mathematics
assessments under ESEA [Education and Secondary Education Act, of which ESSA is the latest version] section 1111 (b)(2)(B)(v)(I) are the two optional measures: (1) an achievement index or similar measure of student performance in reading /
language arts and mathematics
at multiple academic achievement levels above or below proficient (see question B - 10 and B - 11); and (2) measures of student growth in reading /
language arts and mathematics for high schools (see questions B - 14 and B - 15).
K12 will provide comprehensive wraparound services targeted to individual student needs and for the benefit of the school community: development of strong community within the virtual academy; access to the best and most current virtual instruction curriculum,
assessment and instruction based on solid research; customizing each student's education to their own individual learning plan; academic success
at the school and individual student levels resulting from teachers» instruction and constant monitoring of student growth and achievement with interventions as needed; national and local parent trainings and networking; frequent (i.e., every two to three week) teacher / parent communication through emails and scheduled meetings; establishment of unique settings for students and parents to interact; connecting students on a regular basis with students across the United States in similar virtual academies and across the world through networking and K12 national competitions (e.g.,
art contest and spelling bees) and International Clubs; access to the entire K12 suite of services and instructional curriculum (currently including K12, Aventa, A +, and powerspeak12) to include world
languages, credit recovery courses, remedial courses, and AP courses; participation in a national advanced learners programs; a comprehensive Title I program that will provide additional services for students; school led trips, for example, visits to colleges, grade level specific trips such as student summer trips overseas, etc.; School prom; school graduation ceremonies; national college guidance through a network of K12 counselors; school community service opportunities; student developed student body council; school extracurricular activities: possibilities would include the development of a golf club, chess club, bowling club.
Maintaining the requirement for statewide
assessments in
at least reading /
language arts and mathematics in grades 3 - 8 and once in high school; and in science in each of three grade spans (3 - 5, 6 - 9, and 10 - 12), while adding flexibility related to locally selected high school
assessments and innovative
assessment systems.
While English educators may want to expose pre - and in - service teachers to AES tools, their utility is limited
at this point, and well - documented
assessment strategies, like writing portfolios and writing conferences, and a keen awareness of the process writing approach should still be included in English education methods courses and in the methods repertoire of practicing English
language arts teachers.
Jumping into the mix is the Associated Administrators of the Los Angeles (AALA), which in its recent newsletter criticized the CCSA analysis, saying the «wins» of charters on the tests are diminished «when one considers that the enrollment of traditional schools includes 6 % more English learners, who presumably would be
at a disadvantage on the SBAC English
language arts assessment (though they were apparently not
at the same disadvantage on the SBAC math
assessment).
Whether the state provides student growth data on current students and the students taught in the previous year to,
at a minimum, teachers of reading /
language arts and mathematics in grades in which the state administers
assessments in those subjects in a manner that is timely and informs instructional programs.