EHT Grades K to 2,

Thanks and Congratulations!

You Accomplished!

Pacing guides based on NJCCS! Quarterly tests! Ton of work for NJ PASS! Professionalism!

NJ PASS (Spring 2007)

Advanced Proficient Proficient Basic

Advanced Proficient Proficient Basic

Grade 1 42% 50% 8% 63% 29% 8%

Grade 2 43% 45% 12% 51% 37% 12%

Note: Swift, Slaybaugh and Davenport combined

MATHEMATICS LANGUAGE ARTS LITERACY

For the FIRST time in the history of EHT schools….

An EHT School beat NCLB!

Congratulations!

Intermediate School!

Spring 2007, EHT beat NCLB:

97% district-wide!

The Ultimate Compliment!?

October 2006, visit to Middle School by NJDOE

Top six schools in the state for improvement in test scores

Increase in LAL – 1 in a 1,000! Increase in Math – 1 in 10,000!

Congratulations!

Middle School! You beat overwhelming

odds!

EHT vs. NCLB!

Subtitle: David vs. Goliath!(Don’t count out David just

yet!)

NCLB is simple!

States, develop standards in LA, Math and Science

Test in grades 3 through 8 and 11 on those standards

And…..

NCLB Goal is:

All students meet state standards by June 2014!

100% = All Subgroups =

Total Black WhiteHispanic Special

EducationLow Income

American Indian

Asian Pacific Islander and LEP

Your AYP BenchmarksStarting

Point 2003 2005 2008 2011 2014

Language Arts/Literacy Grade 4 68% 75% 82% 91% 100%

Grade 8 53% 66% 76% 87% 100%Grade 11 73% 79% 85% 92% 100%

Math Grade 4 53% 62% 73% 85% 100%Grade 8 39% 49% 63% 79% 100%Grade 11 55% 64% 74% 86% 100%

Building Must Make AYP(Adequate Yearly Progress) Language Arts Literacy Participation Proficiency 10 subgroups 10 subgroups Mathematics Participation Proficiency 10 subgroups 10 subgroups Attendance/Graduation Rate

Safe Harbor:

A subgroup significantly increases the proficiency level of a subgroup, but does not meet the benchmark.

NCLB will give credit for meeting benchmark.

NCLB (Goliath) sets rules!

Schools win or lose! 100% of goals or nothing! If you lose, you get called: a) “Names”: – SINI b) $ consequences - $105 K

EHT vs. NCLB

How did we do?

Why did we develop Pacing Guides and Quarterly Tests?

3 EHT Curriculum Flaws:

Too much content!

Our timing was off!

Minimal practice against state tests!

NJCore

Curriculum Standards

Houghton Mifflin

&McGraw

Hill

SINIAYP

EHT Actions Taken!

Teach less content not more! “Pace” ourselves with test dates in

mind Practice against state tests (Quarterly tests are one example)

Pacing Guides

In LAL and math, grades K – 8

Focuses on NJCCS! (not MH or HM)

Built with Spring test dates in mind

Pacing guides:

“Review week” built into every quarter

3rd quarter test, 2 weeks before test. Built by you!

Quarterly Test Development

Assesses NJCCS (pacing guides) taught by marking period

Uses state test vocabulary and format (method of assessment)

Make tests cumulative 3rd quarter test is mini – state test.

Limits of Pacing Guides/QT:

Not perfect Need to be re-visited each year Quarterly tests tend to be one

instructional period

Where do we go from here?

The Big Stuff!

All disciplines to address LAL and math goals! (Middle School approach to this)!

Analyze quarterly tests!

Classroom analysis state test results!

Use DI to address student needs found above!

“Small Stuff”! What if we.. Included one difficult ASK “test

directions” word on our weekly spelling tests?

Intentionally taught how to “read” difficult ASK math words during math time (e.g. “area”, “perimeter”, etc.)

Shared with your parents the above?

Thank you!

Have a great DI workshop!