USD 435 School Enhancement Plan

Curriculum Area: Literature

Goal: To improve students’ comprehension of materials across the curriculum.

Apply strategies involving accommodations and modifications to increase the

learning of all students, particularly low SES and special education students

Abilene Middle School

Identify information in the text and utilize to infer and draw conclusions.

6^th-8^th Literature

Steps to Achieve Goal Timeline Person in charge

Require student “proof” of answer in responses	Fall 2007-Spg 2008	AMS Goal Area Staff
Practice exercises in various forms with discussion	Fall 2007-Spg 2008	AMS Goal Area Staff
Written response	Fall 2007-Spg 2008	AMS Goal Area Staff
KCA Formative Test practice and information	Fall 2007-Spg 2008	AMS Goal Area Staff
ACE Conditioning Exercises	Fall 2007-Spg 2008	AMS Goal Area Staff
Enrichment groups based on MAPS testing	Fall 2007-Spg 2008	AMS Goal Area Staff
Focus on comprehension of technical text.

Data to show we achieved the goal (at least two forms of data required) Baseline Results

MAP test - Reading RIT score	Fall 2007	Spring 2008
State Assessment - Reading	Spring 2007	Spring 2008

(Results should be recorded at the end of the term identified above and sent to the local School Enhancement Chair for posting. If additional documentation is needed please attach)

Staff Development Needed Possible Location Expected Costs

Time to develop teacher generated resources

AMS

Substitute pay

Resources Needed Where Expected Costs

Textbooks – in use now	AMS classrooms	0
Kan-Ed practice exercises	Kan-Ed web site	Copying
Teacher generated activities	Teacher generated	Copying

Notes:

1) Possible data sources can include assessment scores from MAP or State assessments, locally developed assessments that will show the change, locally developed Rubrics to show implementation and change, portfolios, focus groups, observation tools…..

2) When goals are completed it doesn’t necessarily mean they are dropped. They should be engrained in instruction that it no longer needs to be a goal for implementation to occur.