At the high school level, a gain of 10 to 15 points is considered strong improvement. All students were assessed by the end of October using the Record of Oral Language for kindergarten, the Degree of Reading Assessment for grades one through three, and the Scholastic Reading Inventory for grades four and five. The information gathered is used for the initial placement of children in literacy groups. These assessments will be given 2 more times. School-wide writing assessments are given in September, January and June.
Instruction is based on looking at all student assessments.
Literacy folders will be maintained to give evidence of progress. Data obtained early in the year will be compared with later samples. Services by the literacy teachers are provided for students within the classroom. Students in grade three are assessed a school based assessment. The information gathered is used to target the initial population to receive transition services in mathematics.