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Lorraine Elementary highlights student goal-setting, cross-age tutoring as boost to early literacy and numeracy
Summary
Lorraine Elementary School staff described a student-centered goal-setting system and a cross-age peer tutoring program administrators say is producing measurable gains in reading and math. Staff and student tutors explained selection, structure and incentives during the board meeting.
Lorraine Elementary staff presented the school's student goal-setting and cross-age tutoring initiatives during the Rockdale County Board of Education meeting Wednesday.
The school introduced a formal goal-setting card that shows each student's most recent STAAR and Lexile results and asks students to set reading, Lexile and math goals. "We let them set a goal that is not too low and not too high, so they can reach it," said a fifth-grade student who described how she changed study habits and watched her scores improve.
Staff described how teachers and an assistant principal guide students to create goals and how the school progress-monitors the white goal…
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