Last month Krishna shared NWEA results. This was also shared with staff and based on that created action steps to support state testing. Elementary leads get together weekly to discuss ways to prepare students for SBAC. Identifying areas that students will get hung up on in performance task. Looks at rubric to see how questions are scored. Also using IXL to prep students 4-8th grade. IXL score relates to grade level; identifies specific skills students need to work on. Idea is that students spend short amount of time daily on IXL work in computer. ALso identifies stuck points that groups of students are struggling with. Third graders aren't using IXL but are seeing questions of the day to start prepping them.

? First time using IXL? Yes, born out of NWEA results. Concerns about relying too much on computer instead of direct instruction.

Elizabeth Slade was here this week, mostly working training cohort, observing and having follow up. Also did whole school walk through and sat in on student placement process.

Primary-LE placement process happened last week; LE-UP meetings will happen next week with the placements announced mid-May.

Review independent study policy. Updates to policy based on current practices and ACOE current guidelines.

Currently simplifying goals and trying them directly to California dashboard. Right now it is just one goal, that being moving all subgroups up two positions on the dashboard. 

What are other investments we might want to make to make movement on dashboard indicators? What do stakeholders feel like are actions we can invest in in the coming school year and beyond. 

Current investments are instructional coaching, professional development, reading interventionist, IXL. New things? Math interventionist? More complicated than reading interventionist. Ways to address chronic absences? Easier to address because its not pedagogy based. everyday labs

additional policies