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BENCHMARK I OVERALL SCORES

BENCHMARK I DISTRICT COMPARISON

BM II OVERALL SCORES

BM II PERIOD COMPARISON

AREAS OF STRENGTH

• Proficient/Advanced 6a, 6d, 6e, 9a, 9b, 9d

• Ecology and nervous system functioning

AREAS OF WEAKNESS

• BI 9.c-69.21%-Students know how feedback loops in the nervous and endocrine systems regulate conditions in the body.

• BI 6.c-74.54%-Students know how fluctuations in population size in an ecosystem are determined by the relative rates of birth, immigration, emigration, and death.

• Question Analysis-6c-difficult vocabulary and long questions (gestation), 9c-high detail questions matching glands to the hormones they produce

ACTION PLAN

• Explicit instruction of nervous system and homeostasis

• BM III Self Assessment-all students-tracking standards proficiency throughout the year

• Test-taking strategies for all students-focus on decoding questions

• Select focus B students-academic interventions until CST

• CST Action Plan-Art and PE support vocab and test-taking practice