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Mastery Learning, Now More Than Ever.

The adoption of the Common Core Standards has given schools a structured curriculum to teach and since each student must master those standards at each grade level. Mastery Learning is needed now more than ever.

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Commitment to Continuous Improvement.

Improvement efforts are sustained and the school demonstrates progress in improving student performance and school effectiveness.

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Data Driven Districts: Documenting and using results.

A school system is successful using data when it uses a comprehensive assessment system based on clearly-defined performance measures. The assessment system is used to assess student performance on expectations for student learning, identify gaps between expectations for student learning and student performance, evaluate the effectiveness of curriculum and instruction, and determine interventions to […]

The Willingness to Change.

“You cannot grow unless you are willing to change. You will never improve yourself if you cling to what used to be!” – Leon Brown Accountability has become a “dirty” word in the world of education reform. Legislators discuss holding schools accountable for student success and teachers discuss the need to hold students accountable for […]

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Resources and Support Systems.

The implementation of No Child Left Behind has put more emphasis on state testing than at any other time in educational history. Because of this emphasis in state testing, the results from these tests have become the main focus of school systems across the country. There must be resources and support systems in place for schools to meet student achievement.

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Documenting and using Results.

This blog post discusses The advantages of data use in the classroom and the correct way to use the data.