ACME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Acme Steering Committee Minutes
March 24, 2002
Members
Present:
Jackie Ebert, Ellyn Erickson, Bob
Baker, Linda Nieuwendorp, Kathy Scodeller, Diane Leigh
Members
Absent:
Libby Westdal, Lillian Green
In Process:
1.
Safety Plan – Ellyn presented the first draft of the
complete school safety plan. It
is very complete. The district will be creating an abbreviated plan for
posting in all district spaces and on the buses.
We began to review the materials as presented.
We made editorial and procedural changes as we proceeded.
We will continue this process until we complete the document.
New Items:
1.
New MBEA Contract language affecting ASC Procedures and actions – We
read the new contract language and redesigned the flow chart for the Acme
Building Decision making process. We
will finalize the chart at our next meeting.
We also examined the new Class Load process and
worksheet. It has a few changes
from the past contract. The
flow chart describing the steps and timeline are attached to these minutes.
Next
Meeting: Wednesday, April 24, 5:00 PM in the Library
Topics:
Building Safety Plan – Review work
ASC/Acme Decision Making Process
Class
Configuration decisions
Student Placement Request Form Review
Other
Topics to revisit: CLC
Procedures at the building level
STAR Reading Assessment
Acme Elementary
2001-2002
As part of our School Improvement Plan, students in grades 2 – 6 have
all taken the S.T.A.R. (Standardized Test
for Assessment
of Reading).
This is a computerized assessment that determines the Zone of Proximal
Development. This reading level is
recommended for optimal growth without frustration.
The ranges are approximate. Success at any level depends on the
student’s interest, prior knowledge and other factors.
Teachers use this information to help students select reading materials
for each child that can be read independently.
Our goal is to use this tool to assess every child who is able to read independently. We will use individual student growth as well as grade level growth to help us plan student instruction. The results of our First and Second Trimester Assessments follow:
| GRADE | FALL | WINTER | % INCREASE |
| 1st | 9% @ grade level | 51% @ grade level | 42% |
| 2nd | 83% @ grade level | 76% @ grade level | <7%> |
| 3rd | 70% @ grade level | 69% @ grade level | <1%> |
| 4th | 41% @ grade level | 39% @ grade level | <2%> |
| 5th | 49% @ grade level | 56% @ grade level | 7 % |
| 6th | 46% @ grade level | 40% @ grade level | <6%> |
This
tool tells us about how much a student can understand from their reading.
The information from S.T.A.R. as well as the fluency rates from our MASI
assessment gives the teacher a more complete picture of each student’s reading
skills.
The lower rates for Winter can be attributed to new students, harder
passages and other issues. Teachers
will be examining this data and other pieces of information to determine how to
increase student performance in this area.
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