Students consistently use and apply their knowledge and skills to solve problems. Students consistently use their knowledge and skills to solve problems and evaluate the results. Hence, some schools did not administer the ISAT and state level data are not computed. Our goal is to improve student learning within each discipline through the use of essential understandings, a student learning question to guide the work, and the analysis of assessment data. During the last year, each department has reached consensus on its Essential Understandings, the four to six conceptual foundations at the heart of the discipline.
Departments differ as to where they are in the process.
All, however, are engaged in the task of improving learning for all students within their discipline. Our goal is that our students become increasingly thoughtful about themselves, their strengths, limitations, personal goals, and the decisions they face. This goal bridges and links the academic to the social and emotional areas. This committee also developed rubrics, used those rubrics to assess a random sample of the essays, and obtained baseline data. During the summer of 2000, this committee used the data from the first year to improve, modify, and expand the program for this school year.