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Pathways to the Prize
Lessons from the 2011 SCORE Prize School Winners
Pathways to the Prize
Lessons from the 2011 SCORE Prize School Winners
Student involvement. Students take part in understanding data and tracking progress. Students receive information
on their progress and contribute ideas for their own learning goals. Parents may also access student data on grades,
attendance, cafeteria account balances, and other information through the online platform, Skyward portal. Each
teacher has a website with information about assignments, upcoming field trips, spelling words, project due dates,
classroom newsletters, and pictures.
Fairview Elementary School made large strides in a short period of time, with a convergence of influences that
included a strong principal, a collaborative staff, targeted focus on instructional challenges, an intervention block,
and routine analysis of data. Fairview exudes pride in their progress and the speed of change. As Ms. Cupples said,
“It took a lot of work on all of our parts – collaborative work – but together we made it happen.”
“Fairview Elementary School made
large strides in a short period of time,
with a convergence of influences
that included a strong principal, a
collaborative staff, targeted focus on
instructional challenges, an intervention
block, and routine analysis of data.”
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2011 SCORE Prize Elementary School Winner: Fairview Elementary School
2011 SCORE Prize Elementary School Winner: Fairview Elementary School
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