Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Instruction Assessment topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Trimmer teachers describe assessments, data teaming and growth measures at board meeting
Summary
Trimmer school administrators and instructional leaders described literacy and math curricula, interim and summative assessments, state growth measures (Firefly), and professional development practices focused on inter-rater reliability and data teaming.
Interim principal Randy Payne and Trimmer instructional leaders presented the board with the school’s approach to curriculum, assessments and professional development.
Why it matters: The district has an 80% grade-level proficiency goal for tier-1 instruction. Trimmer staff detailed how common assessments, short “check-ins,” summative unit tests and a state growth measure are used to track student progress and guide instruction.
What presenters described
Randy Payne said Trimmer uses HMH Into Reading for ELA at the intermediate level and Everyday Mathematics 4 for math; science implementation is planned for the following year and not yet reported.
Instructional leaders described a three-part assessment system: frequent short check-ins for immediate feedback, end-of-unit summative assessments, and performance tasks. Teachers and instructional leaders also described using the state’s Firefly growth measure as an additional data point.
Teachers explained how data teaming works at Trimmer — grade-level, mixed-grade and department-level meetings during professional development days — and said instructional leaders are sharing practices from the book Teaching for Deeper Learning to improve classroom strategies.
Ending note
Board members thanked presenters and had no immediate action to take; administrators said they would continue to report assessment and proficiency data at future meetings.
