The Everett is participating in formative assessment for the third year. This year, we will give our students writing and reading assessments three times and a math assessment two times. The September reading assessments are important for student grouping decisions in guided reading. The reading scores help our staff to choose appropriate instructional level books. The September writing assessment gives the teachers a good sense of what the students already know about the required language arts writing products.
Teachers can then target their writing instruction to the individual needs of their students.
Each of our grade level teams develops goals for the upcoming January and June assessments. If we work on these skills over an entire students' school career, we have a better chance to make a difference in grade 4. The Everett staff sees a clear need to develop independent learners who can do their best in testing situations. We are implementing an integrated test preparation program which is connected to our curriculum work. We are offering extra support in both mathematics and language arts.