In our race to the top, our next Special Board 227 Meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the District Administrative Office at 7:00 p.m.
On July 17, 2013, concerned board members, school district administrators, parents, educators, the community's educational leaders and concerned citizens met as the Continuous Accountability/Evaluation Committee to begin the long over due and needed concrete-actionable-step-process of developing District 227 goal one in reading and mathematics with quantifiable matching objectives to support our effective schools reform plan.
Enthusiasm has quickly built for the 10% targeted goal achievement in reading and mathematics for the 2013-2014 school year in District 227.
To stop the bleeding in our school district and community, Board Chair Cheryl Coleman, and Board Member David Morgan will meet with the community in a Community Forum on August 3, 2013 to explain, listen, collaborate, and facilitate with community input the reasoning and rationales behind why dramatic academic improvement in the first year as the new board majority is so essential and necessary.
A successful reading and mathematics program to accomplish District 227 goal one must include skill-specific diagnostic measures. To accomplish our goal in effective data-driven formative assessments, formative assessment and regular reading-math diagnostic tests must be given regularly and instruction should be focused on exactly the reading-mathematics skills they need most help in mastering. The approach should be pinpoint, not scattershot and unfocused instruction.
To improve student achievement performance, there is no substitute for hard work. If our district 227 goal one is to improve reading and mathematics, then reading and mathematics progress should be tracked, challenges and recommendations addressed between board, staff, community, and administration, and recorded using diagnostic-formative tests.
Mrs. Cheryl M. Coleman, Board 227 Chair
David E. Morgan, Ph.D., Educational Leadership
School Board Member
Rich Township High School District 227
Olympia Fields, Illinois 60461
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