Enhancing Standards-Based Report Cards: Grades K-5 Parent - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Enhancing Standards-Based Report Cards: Grades K-5 Parent Presentation

Why Report on Student Performance? What do report cards provide? Is the information they provide truly indicative ● of student performance or achievement? ● What are that the true goals at the elementary level? Where did the New Jersey Student Learning Standards come from? ● How are standards embedded in everything we do with students? ● ● How do schools support parents who want to help/provide assistance to their child? Change can be very challenging as it moves us out of our comfort zone. ●

Meet the Report Card Committee Franklin Jefferson Kennedy Nixon School Lincoln Administration School School School Roosevelt School Lauren Mason Jenn Toupet Christine David Siegel Elena Tunstead Kelly Curtiss Luettchau Christi Renn Kasey Fox Abbie Scales Patricia Jessica Fessock MacEwen Theresa Lauren Becker Sara Jackie Jenny Wnuk McNemar Pascarella Sheplak-Lewis Robin Hellyer

Standards-Based Report Cards in Roxbury 2007 - SBRC in grades K - 2 2009 - SBRC added in grades 3 - 4 2010 - SBRC added in grade 5 2011 - Report Cards distributed via Genesis Parent Portal 2015 - SBRC Committee begins work to update existing SBRC in grades K - 5 based on CCSS (NJSLS) 2017 - Roll out of NJSLS aligned SBRC in grades K - 5 in Genesis

What are Standards? Standards are what students should know and be able to do at the end of each grade. ● Clear set of academic goals and expectations ○ Critical thinking and analytical skills vs. rote memorization Prepares students for college, career readiness, and life ● ● Creates globally competitive students ● Based on research ● Promotes high quality teaching AND learning Click this link for more info on the current standards (NJSLS) http://www.state.nj.us/education/ccc

Why Standards-Based Report Cards? Teachers can provide parents with detailed information about their ● child relative to growth in specific areas of content ● Provide information about mastery of learning Helps teachers tailor education to each student based on needs ● Shows progress toward year-end goals ● ● Students meet these goals at their own pace ● Parents will get better information about their child as a learner, and will know in what specific areas they support their child

What was the Process of Enhancing Standards-Based Report Cards? ● Recognized that we needed to update current report card to align with changes in standards ○ NJCCCS → CCSS → NJSLS Created report card revision committee: ● ○ Grade-level staff ○ Parents ○ Administration Two years of collaboration which resulted in the creation of: ● ○ Revised report card ○ Method for consistent grading across the district

How is Achievement Indicated? Indicators for Academic Performance E Exceeding Grade-Level Standards Student consistently grasps, applies, and extends key concepts, processes, and skills. Works beyond standards. Independently, student applies and extends... M P H NA

Indicators for Academic Performance E Exceeding Grade-Level Standards Works beyond standards. Independently, student applies and extends... M Meeting Grade-Level Standards Student grasps and applies key concepts, processes, and skills. Meets standards. Independently, student is able to... P H NA

Indicators for Academic Performance E Exceeding Grade-Level Standards Works beyond standards. Independently, student applies and extends... M Meeting Grade-Level Standards Meets standards. Independently, student is able to... P Progressing With Help Student is beginning to grasp and apply key concepts, processes, and skills. Approaching standards. With support, student is able to... H NA

Indicators for Academic Performance E Exceeding Grade-Level Standards Works beyond standards. Independently, student applies and extends... M Meeting Grade-Level Standards Meets standards. Independently, student is able to... P Progressing With Help Approaching standards. With support, student is able to... H Having Difficulty Student is not grasping key concepts, processes, and essential skills. Area of Concern. NA

Indicators for Academic Performance E Exceeding Grade-Level Standards Works beyond standards. Independently, student applies and extends... Meeting Grade-Level Standards M Meets standards. Independently, student is able to... Progressing With Help P Approaching standards. With support, student is able to... Having Difficulty H Area of Concern. With support, student is rarely or not able to... NA Not Assessed at This Time The content and skills listed are not a major focus for instruction and assessment during the reporting time period.

Goal: To Ride a Bike By Yourself Exceeding the Grade-Level Standards: E Wow! You not only ride a bike on your own, but you can pop a wheelie, jump ramps, and perform other bike stunts. Meeting the Grade-Level Standards: M Congratulations! You are successfully riding a bike by yourself. Progressing With Help: P You are pedaling well and staying upright as long as someone is holding on and giving you a little push. Having Difficulty: H You are riding a bike, but using training wheels.

When will Achievement be Reported? (Tentative Dates...subject to change) Elem Beginning Closing # of Open to Fall Conferences: Trimester Date Date Days in Parents K – 6 TM Monday, October 23 through 1 Sept 7 Dec 8 61 Dec 13 Thursday, October 26 ** K-4 and 5-6 evening conference 2 Dec 11 Mar 16 62 Mar 21 dates will occur on different 3 Mar 19 Jun 21 62 Jun 21 nights 5 - 12 Beginning Closing # of Open to Spring Conferences: Marking Date Date Days Parents K – 6 Periods in MP Monday, April 16 through 1 Sept 7 Nov 14 45 Nov 17 Thursday, April 19 2 Nov 15 Jan 31 47 Feb 3 (Sat) 3 Feb 1 April 13 45 Apr 18 4 April 16 Jun 21 48 Jun 21

How Will Teachers Assess Their Students? ● The enhanced standards-based report card will better reflect a student’s growth in specific skill areas, as learning is a process not a product. A student’s performance will be measured in a variety of ways, ● including home and class work samples, small group and individual conferring notes, projects, and lesson and benchmark assessments.

How Will Teachers Assess Their Students? All teachers will use the same criteria to ● assess students so that all the schools are aligned across each grade level. ● Performance expectations may change and increase from reporting period to reporting period in order to establish growth commensurate with instructional progression.

What do the new updates look like? Previous Grade 4 Math ➢ Note: This is the entire Math Section on the current report card

What do the new updates look like? Updated Grade 4 Math ➢

What do the new updates look like? Grade 3 Science: Previous vs. Updated ➢

What do the new updates look like? Previous Grade 2 Reading ➢

What do the new updates look like? Updated Grade 2 Reading ➢

What do the new updates look like? Previous Grade 2 Writing & Speaking/Listening ➢

What do the new updates look like? Updated Grade 2 Writing & Speaking/Listening ➢

What do the new updates look like? Previous vs. Updated Grade 5 Social Studies ➢

Next Steps... Parents Teachers/Roxbury Staff Share info with a friend ● ● Technology component ○ Facebook/Twitter ○ Genesis ○ Word of mouth Staff training ● ● Attend BOE meeting ○ Tech-cited (summer 2017) Monday, May 22, 2017 ○ ○ Faculty meetings ● Back to School Night ○ Workshops ○ September 2017 Year-end reflection meeting ● ● Parent Curriculum Brochures ○ Spring 2018 Parent FAQ Sheet ● *This presentation will be available on the district website