Boyertown Area School District
High Performing SchoolsUpdateMarch 13, 2012
Support for Learning
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Strategic Plan Goals
• 100% Proficiency in Math, Reading, Science, and Writing
• 100% of students will read on grade level by the end of third grade
• Systematic Interventions: The reading, writing, math and science achievement of all students will be documented, analyzed and monitored in order to address individual needs with research-based, academic interventions
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High Performing Schools PracticesGoing Strong Since 2006
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Base Decisions on Monitoring: Compilation, Analysis and Use of the Data
Effective Instructional Programs, Practices and Arrangements
Academic and Curricular Goals
Recognition, Intervention and Adjustment
Staff Selection, Leadership and Professional Development
Building Action Plans
School climate and student wellbeingStudent AchievementProfessional Learning Communities and
Response to Intervention and Instruction
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Core Classroom Practices
• Learning objectives are clearly communicated
• Specific feedback is provided
• Questioning strategies elicit higher order thinking skills
• Strategies are modeled and prompted
• Students are meaningfully engaged in learning activities
• Teachers utilize summarization and closure strategies
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Proficiency HighlightsFebruary Assessments
Elementary Reading
85% - Kindergarten 83% - Grade 1 88% - Grade 2 90% - Grade 390% - Grade 4 82% - Grade 590% - Grade 6
4Sight, Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Levels
Boyertown Elementary
•85% - grades 3 - 6 4-Sight
•86% - grades K-6 - proficiency (over 60% advanced)
4Sight, Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Levels
Colebrookdale Elementary
•20% increase for grades 3-6 in proficiency since September
4Sight
•91% grades K-64Sight, Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading
Levels
Gilbertsville Elementary
•15% increase in grades 3-6 in proficiency since September
4Sight•93% - grades 3-6
4Sight
•85% - grades K-6 4Sight, Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Levels
Earl Elementary
• 24% increase for grades 3-6 in reading proficiency since September
4Sight
• 90% grades K-6 4Sight, Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Levels
New Hanover Upper FrederickElementary
96% - grades K-2 Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Levels
99% - grade 3 4Sight
90% - grades 3-6 4Sight
11% increase for grades 3-6 in proficiency since September
4Sight
Pine Forge Elementary
13.55% increase for grades K-6 in proficiency since September
4Sight
97.22% - grade 34Sight, Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Levels
96.14% - grade 64Sight, Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Levels
Washington Elementary
• 16% increase for grades 3-6 in proficiency since September
4Sight
• 86% grades K-6 4Sight, Fountas and Pinnell Guided Reading Levels
Junior Highs
•91% - grade 7
•96% - grade 8
•185 grade 7 students and 133 grade 8 students increased their score at least one proficiency level since September
4Sight
Boyertown Area Senior High
• Continued development of quarterly Common Benchmark Assessments (CBAs) in ALL content areas
• 81% grade 10 quarter 1 English PLAN: ACT college readiness assessment
•88% grade 11 quarter 2 EnglishCBA
•99 % quarter 2 from 85% in Quarter 1 grades 11 & 12 - Honors Pre-Calculus
CBA