PLT Wednesday Sept. 30, 2009
Agenda and Summary
Purpose of today’s
meeting: To better understand how our Universal
Screening and Digging Deeper Assessments can drive instruction
Desired Outcomes: Understand the
process for meeting the needs of all students in reading using data, become
familiar with the K-5 Reading; Moving
from Assessment to Instruction Notebook, and Plan appropriate instruction
for all students
Summary of PLT meeting: Teachers
analyzed classroom Universal Screening results in reading for all their
students. If the students’ results were
below the benchmarks the teachers “dug deeper” and administered additional
assessments to help identify students at each grade level who were slightly at
risk to at risk in reading. The
Universal Screening predicts how well students will be reading in the
future. The Universal Screening brochure
was given out to all parents at the open house.
In order for students to
comprehend what they read, they need to be able to decode the words and read
the words with fluency. From the
screening given, teachers were able to identify which students were able to
decode and read fluently and which students had more difficulty with these
objectives. After the screening results
were analyzed by the teachers, they began discussing how their core instruction
needed to change based on these results.
Their core instruction will be differentiated for those students at risk
and those students performing above the benchmarks.
For more information about
curriculum in
Go to the 2nd box
of the left – “About Wake Schools”
Click on “Departments”
Click on “Curriculum &
Instruction”
Click on “Elementary
Programs”
Click on “K-5 Language Arts
Under this heading are 6
different resources that will give you a wealth of information
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PLT agenda items and minutes to date
Sept. 23, 2009
Agenda topics:
Create our Professional Learning Team Norms
Identify the differences between % proficient and
growth targets
Analyze reading and math EOG scores as compared to the
County’s scores
Analyze student results in subgroups not meeting %
proficient in math and reading
Analyze student results in subgroups not meeting their
growth targets in math and reading
Compare findings between %proficient and growth in
specific subgroups in math and reading
Analyze EOG goal summaries for each grade level in
math and reading
Analyze the Effectiveness Index by: school, homeroom,
and student
From all of the data presented and analyzed, grade
levels develop their SMART GOALS
Summary of PLT Wednesdays
The staff has a clear understanding of:
Percent Proficient – It is the percent of students
making a Level 3 or 4 on the EOG
ABC Growth – A student is
expected to score at least as well this year as in prior years on the EOG test,
compared to other NC students who took the test in the standard-setting
year. Each student has their own growth
target.
If 60% of our students in a subgroup make a level 3 or
4 on the EOG then that subgroup makes high growth.
In both math and reading we have identified those
subgroups who did not meet their expected growth
targets but had 80% or better proficiency. We want to figure out why these students are
doing well on the EOG test but are not making their growth targets. We have also identified those students who
did not do well on their EOGs and did not make their
growth target.
We have used all of the data available to us: proficiency scores, growth target scores, and
our effectiveness index to determine which subgroups and students are more at
risk. From our data we have been able to
pin point specifically areas of concern and need. Each grade level is in the process of
developing a grade level goal that targets their greatest need area.