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District outlines "Clarity Plan" to expand common formative assessments, prioritize learning
Summary
Superintendent Stultz presented a district 'Clarity Plan' emphasizing Professional Learning Communities and common formative assessments every 2–3 weeks to check understanding and to drive instruction, intervention and enrichment.
Superintendent Jeff Stultz presented the district’s "Clarity Plan," which emphasizes leadership-driven clarity about purpose, the district’s instructional priorities and the expanded use of common formative assessments.
Stultz said the district has run Professional Learning Communities (PLCs) for 17 years but that the plan reinforces "nonnegotiables": the four critical questions of PLC work and a requirement that teachers collaboratively design and administer common formative assessments about every three weeks. He said these checks are "assessments for learning rather than assessments of learning" and are intended to identify needs for intervention or enrichment before summative tests.
Stultz told trustees Representative Bratton, a member of the state education committee, requested to observe a PLC; she will attend a first-grade PLC meeting. Stultz said building leaders must ensure the nonnegotiables exist in each school and that the district will provide more updates in future meetings.
Trustees asked for clarification of formative versus summative assessments; Stultz explained formative checks are frequent, targeted assessments that inform instruction, while summative assessments are administered at the end of units and measure cumulative learning.
