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Enhancing 8th Grade Math Proficiency at Forest City Middle School

Forest City Middle School aims to improve 8th-grade math proficiency, focusing on the 266 students in grades 6-8, with a diverse population including 13 minority students and 70 with IEPs. The presentation to the community highlights the importance of achieving scores above the 41st percentile on the ITBS. Information will be disseminated through newsletters, parent-teacher conferences, and school board meetings. Teachers will analyze data to identify low-performing areas and use research-based strategies to enhance overall math proficiency.

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Enhancing 8th Grade Math Proficiency at Forest City Middle School

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  1. Forest City Middle School Communicating 8th Grade Math Scores

  2. Middle School Information • 266 Students grades 6-8 • Mainly Caucasian with 13 minority students • Approximately 70 students with IEP’s • Approximately 30% free and reduced lunch

  3. What is Proficiency? • Proficiency is the percent of students who scored higher than 41% or on their ITBS tests

  4. 8th grade Math ITBS Presentation to the Community • Each community member would receive a copy of the graph • Proficiency would be explained • I would go over graph information as a group on PowerPoint • Presentation would be less than 5 minutes • I would make sure all questions were answered before everyone left

  5. 8th Grade Math Scores =========================================== = Represents 41st Percentile

  6. 8th grade Math Presentation to the School Board • Each School Board member will receive a copy of the graphs • Proficiency will be explained before presentation is started • Presentation will be short and to the point • Graphs would be shown and explained • All Questions will be answered

  7. Sharing Information with Parents • Through Monthly Newsletter • Information Stand at Parent Teacher Conferences • 6th grade orientation • Through information on Middle School website • Teachers can explain individual scores at parent teacher conferences

  8. Sharing Information with Teachers • A brief summary would be given at teacher meeting • Graphs can be shown and explained • Celebrate positive areas with ITBS Scores • Team leaders will break down scores in their teams • PLC groups can break down specific content areas

  9. 8th Grade Math Graph for Teachers **Remind teachers that proficiency level is above 41%**

  10. What teachers are doing to increase ITBS math scores • Each grade takes a math standard test 2 times a year. • Data is collected and analyzed • After being analyzed, math teachers can go over low areas • Special Education teachers give WRAT test (Wide range achievement test) • WRAT Gives grade equivalence & Percentile Rank • Data is collected and analyzed

  11. What teachers will be doing in the future • IGrowth Data will be collected from ITBS and analyzed by teams and PLC’s • Teachers will be looking more at growth of students • Students who are not showing growth will be identified • Practicing research-based instructional strategies through PD to help with all ITBS scores

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