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A NEW YEAR…A NEW YEAR…

JANUARY 1JANUARY 1

JANUARY 1JANUARY 1

JANUARY 1JANUARY 1

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DDDM NCLB

Frequent progressmonitoring

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PROBLEM 1: PROBLEM 1: NO DATANO DATA

WHAT ABOUT LAST YEAR?WHAT ABOUT LAST YEAR?

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN STUDENTS ARE LEARNING?STUDENTS ARE LEARNING?

PRE-TESTINGPRE-TESTING

MULTIPLE MEASURESMULTIPLE MEASURES

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PROBLEM 2: PROBLEM 2: NO GOALSNO GOALS

CHECKING IN DURINGCHECKING IN DURINGTHE SCHOOL YEARTHE SCHOOL YEAR

FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUSFOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS

ENDURANCE, LEVERAGE, ENDURANCE, LEVERAGE, AND READINESS?AND READINESS?

Endurance. Endurance. Will this standard or Will this standard or indicator provide students with indicator provide students with knowledge and skills that will be of knowledge and skills that will be of value beyond a single test date?value beyond a single test date?

LeverageLeverage. Will this provide . Will this provide knowledge and skills that will be of knowledge and skills that will be of value in multiple disciplines?value in multiple disciplines?

Readiness for the next level of Readiness for the next level of learninglearning. Will this provide students . Will this provide students with essential knowledge and skills with essential knowledge and skills that are necessary for success in the that are necessary for success in the next grade level of instruction?next grade level of instruction?

NCTM FOCAL POINTSNCTM FOCAL POINTS

IT’S SPECIAL TO BE IT’S SPECIAL TO BE COMMONCOMMON

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PROBLEM 3: PROBLEM 3: ISOLATIONISOLATION

VARIABILITY OF STUDENTVARIABILITY OF STUDENTLEARNING EXPERIENCESLEARNING EXPERIENCES

ROLE-ALIKEROLE-ALIKE

ROOTED IN DATAROOTED IN DATA

USE A PROTOCOLUSE A PROTOCOL

RESPECTFUL OF TEACHERSRESPECTFUL OF TEACHERS

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BECAUSE OF US?BECAUSE OF US?OROR DESPITE US?DESPITE US?

SKILLS, NOT CONTENTSKILLS, NOT CONTENT

GROWTH, NOT STATUSGROWTH, NOT STATUS

Frequent progressmonitoring

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Thank you!

Scott McLeod, J.D., Ph.D.Director, CASTLE

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