Whitman Elementary - Tulsa Public Schools

Core Goal: Student Achievement
Key Issues
‣ Assuring that all fine arts programs are outstanding throughout the district
Strategic Objective C
Examine District programs needed to deliver academic excellence with a focus on the
elimination of achievement gaps among all subgroups of students.
Progress and Accomplishments
‣ Pending Board approval, during the 2011-12 school year The Leadership and Learning Center will
conduct an Implementation Audit on TPS’ work on literacy (K-6), readers and writers workshop (6-
10 th ), Read 180 and Professional Learning Communities.
‣ The Common Core State Standards Implementation Plan will take us through a 3-year process to
prepare for the standards which are to be fully developed by 2014.
‣ Curriculum writing during Oct. 2010 and in June and July, 2011 is building the internal capacity of
staff to write and review curriculum.
‣ The School Improvement Office has worked with individual schools to determine root causes
‣ The Office of Accountability has monitored the use of Read 180 and has provided reports to assist
schools in making decisions regarding instruction
‣ Students in middle and high school have a SRI (Scholastic Reading Inventory) assessment; these
students have Lexile scores which offer meaningful information regarding their ability to read and
comprehend complex text.
‣ In 2011-12, students in grades 2 through 12 th will have a Lexile score.
‣ Building Capacity around 1.TLE 2.Common Core 3.Cultural Competence 4.Value Added through
PLC's
Measures of Success – results data not available
Completion/Promotion/Graduation rate by subgroup
OK Core Curriculum Tests by grade/subgroup
Preliminary Results
High achieving student gap by ethnicity/content area
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