Wyandotte - Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools

VIII. TEACHER INVOLVEMENTDescribe how teachers will be involved in using academic assessments to provide information on and improve individualstudent achievement and the overall instructional program.The implementation of benchmarks in the four currciulum areas is giving teachers real data over how students are performing ontheir taught concepts. Each teacher is keeping track of their own data in their classrooms. Benchmarks are used as measures forlearning with teachers as well as formative assessments. "How do I know that my students learned it? What am I going to do ifthey don't learn it?" These two questions are begin answered through a benchmarked system. Teachers and kids know their dataand truly keep track of learning.Monthly scrimmage tests are given in math. Data is analyzed to inform instruction.We will also be utilizing the assessments results of the Kansas Reading Assessment as formative piece giving us areas where wemay need improvement in certain areas of the curriculum as well as our teaching.Teachers will also use assessment results on a continous basis to help inform their instruction.-- Kansas City, Wyandotte High School --Page 33 of 42