WVUSD: 2014-2015 Year-End Results
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Student Achievement
Challenges
SBAC – Communicating new scores
Common Core
21st Century Learning Environment
Training in Technology
Dual Language Growth
Use of Data
Sustainability/Growth
o Resources
o Professional Development
o Achievement Levels
Meeting the needs and expectations of a middle achieving student
Professional Development Time (Substitutes, Days)
SBAC Data
PLTW Offerings at all Schools
Funding for Continued Professional Development
Benchmarks
Moving Staff to Increasing Use of Resources (other than the textbook)
Interventions for Struggling Students
Cost of Interventions
o Extra Duty
o Programs
o Access
Student Fee Legal Concerns
o Time and Money for Remedy
Student Diversity – Need Targeted Instruction
Better Technology and Implementation
SES – Supplemental Educational Services for Title I
No CSTs to identify at-risk and/or Intervention students
No data, only benchmarks, to guide instruction
No or reduced funding for intervention programs
Common Core shifts in instruction and their impact on classroom culture
TOO MUCH TESTING (SBAC . . .)
Students “in the middle”, between at-risk and high achieving students neglected
Reinventing the old programs to meet 21st Century needs
Not driven by textbooks
Technology teaching tools
Time
Counselor to student ratio (middle and elementary schools)
NGSS
Common understanding for rigor/relevance – depth of learning
Parent Education
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Walnut Valley Unified School District
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