Reitz High School Reading Comprehension Improvement Plan to Assess Progress (2011-2012)

LCP: Some students at Reitz struggle with reading comprehension. POP: Some teachers at Reitz may assume that all students can identify main ideas and supporting ideas within informational reading when students cannot. Objective: To improve reading comprehension by using consistent methodology of identifying main idea and supporting details within informational reading. Strategy: Teachers will use a common strategy to teach the identification of main ideas and supporting details in class assignments, lesson plans, and coursework. Assessment: Students will be better able to recognize main ideas and supporting ideas as evidenced through standardized test scores and classroom coursework. Dates Data Term Students Baseline Details Interpretati Goal Collected Source Length (who) Scores on (2) per Main Idea Short Term All Students Individual Each teacher Teacher To see grading Graphic Within teachers provides a continuously student period Classes develop sample from uses their improvement baseline each class individual in scores. and gives to data to guide understandin department instruction. g main idea head at end from grading of each period to grading grading period. period. th th October NWEA Medium All 9 and For 9 grade, Each teacher Data Team To see February Term 10th grade baseline will of 9th and will analyze overall th April Periodic students be October 10 graders overall improvement Standardized results; For will analyze results and of the th Assessment 10 grade, class results. share with percentage baseline will faculty. of students be initial reaching set score. goals. th Fall ECA Long Term 9 : NWEA Previous Data Team Faculty & To see a Fall PSAT High-stakes 10th: NWEA year scores will gather administrato minimum of Spring NWEA Test 11th: PSAT will act as and provide rs will 5% increase Spring SAT-ACT Occurring 12: SATbaseline desegregate celebrate on reading Usually Once ACT scores. d data to successes as comprehensi Per Year faculty. data comes on on

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