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CCMS
CCHS
Winn
Cartmell
ALC
Nine Characteristicsof High‐Performing Schools
9 Characteristics
1. A Clear and Shared Focus 2. High Standards and Expectations for All Students 3. Effective School Leadership 4. High Levels of Collaboration and Communication 5. Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessments Aligned with
State Standards 6. Frequent Monitoring of Learning and Teaching 7. Focused Professional Development 8. Supportive Learning Environment 9. High Levels of Family and Community Involvement
http://www.k12.wa.us/research/pubdocs/pdf/9characteristicsrresourcelist.pdf
5. Curriculum, Instruction and Assessments Aligned with State Standards Curriculum--The planned and actual curricula are aligned with the essential academic learning requirements (EALRs).
Instruction--Research-based teaching strategies and materials are used.
Assessment--Staff understand• The role of classroom assessments• The role of state assessments• What the assessments measure• How student work is evaluated
Providing students with a “guaranteed and viable curriculum…” that is well-aligned to academic standards has the greatest impact on student achievement. Robert Marzano, What Works in Schools (Marzano, 2003)
Alignment =
http://www.k12.wa.us/CurriculumInstruct/pubdocs/PublishersNotices/GuidanceonSelectingMaterials-FINAL2009.pdf
Alignment Leads to Student Achievement
“How will we know we have arrived at our destination?”
What CIA should look like…..
“What is the best way to reach our destination?”
Curriculum Instruction Assessment
“Our destination is to achieve state standards.”
What are the Essential Academic Learning Requirements (EALRs)?
Common Core State Standards (CCSS)
Curriculum is the Road Map/GPS
Kentucky Core Academic Standards (KCAS)
Kentucky was first state to adopt CCSS, 2010
46 states + DC have adopted CCSS
Instruction is the Vehicle
• Research-based teaching strategies
• Research-based materials
Research-based StrategiesThinking Strategies
• Drawing Inferences• Determining Importance• Creating Sensory Images• Synthesizing Information• Problem Solving• Monitoring for Meaning• Activating, Utilizing, and Building
Background Information (Schema)• Asking Questions
Marzano• Identifying Similarities and Differences• Summarizing and Note Taking• Reinforcing Effort and Providing
Recognition• Homework and Practice• Nonlinguistic Representations• Cooperative Learning• Setting Objectives and Providing
Feedback• Generating and Testing Hypotheses• Cues, Questions, and Advance
Organizers
Research-based Strategies
Hattie Influencers• Students Self-report grades 1.44• Piagetian Programs 1.28• Providing Formative Evaluation
0.9• Classroom Behavioral
0.8• Teacher Clarity 0.75• Feedback 0.74• Teacher-Student Relationship
0.72
Research-based Strategies
Research-Based Materials
• Carnegie• Accelerated Math• Compass• Read 180• Lindamood Bell• Read Naturally• Dream Box
Assessment tells us how close we are.
KPREP, MAP, STAR, Unit Tests, Projects, Exit Slips, Hand Signals
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