Solving the Equation for Urban Student Achievement in STEM Council of Great City Schools Theresa Morris, Director of Mathematics, Indianapolis Public Schools October 27, 2011

 Alignment ◦ Content ◦ Assessments ◦ Timeline ◦ Connection between cycles  District Pacing Guides ◦ Establishes instructional timeline ◦ Identifies available resources ◦ Guides concept development  District Assessments ◦ Sample Questions ◦ Scrimmages ◦ Benchmarks

 Data Collection ◦ District support to efficiently provide real-time data ◦ Results provided to teachers within 24 hours ◦ Data collection specific to:  Student  Class  Teacher  School  District  Data Discussion ◦ Identifies student, class and district strengths and weaknesses ◦ Guides remediation and interventions ◦ Clearly defines roles and responsibilities of instructional team (Gen ED, SPED, Title, ESL)  Implement Remediation plans and follow-up assessments

Instructional Cycle

 Create teacher ownership and trust.  State purpose of each district assessment and how results impact teacher review.  Provide timeline and alignment of content, district assessments and state level expectations.