La Crescent Middle School Action Plan for Q Comp 2014-15 Goal: The percentage of all students in grades 5-8 at La Crescent Middle School in the fall of 2014 who meet or exceed growth targets on all state accountability tests in reading will increase from 66.6% to 70.0% in fall of 2015. Strategy / Action
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Measurement
Resources
Identify the ELA power standards by grade level 5-8
PLC/LA team
Familiarize each team level with the “Big Ideas”
LA teachers, Common Core, staff meetings, PLC’s
Integrate standards into all grade content areas
PLC/LA team and all teachers
Reflected in PLC minutes as they are discussed
LA teachers, Common Core, staff meetings, PLC’s
Use NWEA Fall and MCA Spring 14 data to determine highest need students and also areas of focus
Bridges team, PLC
Test scores
NWEA, MCA
Teach test taking vocabulary (5-8)
All grade level teachers
Develop grade level measurement tool
NWEA and MCA vocabulary lists
Integrate comprehension strategies within each content area
PLC and grade level teachers
Staff development opportunities, book studies, resource materials
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Page 3 of 3 Note. From The School Portfolio Toolkit: A Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation Guide for Continuous School Improvement, by Victoria L. Bernhardt, 2002, Larchmont, NY: Eye on Education. Copyright © 2002 Eye on Education, Inc. Reprinted with permission.