• Okay folks, I need a little help. I’m trying to attach some media files, but it won’t let me. Thanks.

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  • Flat Gap Elementary is in our second year of ACT. We have developed a 30 minute block during the day for enrichment/ intervention. As part of the community engagement, we have been developing a Flat Gap news broad cast. This broadcast informs parents and students about what is happening in the school. We are also working with WSIP and have created…Read More

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  • Can we post questions here? I had a question about students who score distinguished? If they score distinguished one year and then the next how do they show growth?

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    • Absolutely can post questions, in fact one of the main purposes for this collaboration holler.

      Growth has been a controversial accountability component and will likely always be included due to the value we place on students not only reaching proficiency, but their demonstration of improvement. The difficulty comes because we cannot compare a…

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      • I knew growth of students who are meeting the expectations depended on a type of formula. I had never seen the chart or heard the full explanation. This is great information! Thank you!

      • Thank you this really helps!

        • Scoring distinguished year 1 to distinguished year 2 still shows growth. However what if the actual score of the individual child decreases but it is still under the range of distinguished, is that still growth?

  • Hey, KVEC Social Studies – check out our first mini-cast for our Holler!

    https://youtu.be/gOESeRAFTm8

  • A great assessment strategy I use is to follow up any summative with student analysis so they will take ownership of their performance. Formative assessments are used throughout lessons to guide instruction.

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    • I love this strategy. I’ve recently started with data notebooks for our weekly target checks in grammar. Students have to keep up with their original scores and the retakes and analyze their progress in each skill. I’m hoping to be able to incorporate this with on-demand writing as well.

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