Mid-October Check

Here it is, we're into mid-October and things are running! This week, I've spent quite a bit of time looking at data for the school. This is in terms of the initial testing, we go through the Northwest Evaluation Association. Students are tested on computers on a series of questions in reading and mathematics. Though the questions are multiple choice, the questions are difficult. Very much like the WASL test questions students will see in the spring of this year.

The data I've looked at in terms of math shows that we still have a lot of work to do. It's difficult sometimes when you look at the many needs students have and the limited amount of time we have in school to truly help and address kids' needs. In this case with math, how much do we add, when do we add more, and what resources do we add with it? All tough questions.

I'm curious for Friday because we have staff scoring 3-5 grade writing samples and we'll have hard evidence on how well our Outlook students write. Though we had our highest scores ever (55% meeting standard in writing at 4th grade) it's still not acceptable.

We continue to work hard!