1. Gap Reduction Strategies for High Performing Schools
Closing the gap:
Gap Reduction Strategies for High Performing Schools
Marjorie Rush, Assistant Special Education Director
Pam Shunk, Principal
Liz Erwin, Assistant Principal
Boyle County Schools

2. Boyle County Schools Danville, KY 4th Ranked District of 173 Districts
5 Consecutive Years as a top 10 District
ACT Composite 22.4

3. #MSCREBELS2017

4. Demographics 2,589 Students 48.5 % Free/Reduced Lunch 90.7% White
4% African American
3.3% Hispanic
2% Asian
19% Students with Disabilities

5. Agenda Closing the Gap Data Driven Instruction
Learning Target Intervention
Co-Teaching Success Strategies
Next Steps

6. Closing the Gap Success
From to , math and reading combined proficiency rates among gap students in Boyle County elementary and high schools increased 12.5% From to , math and reading combined proficiency rate among gap students in middle school increased 15.5%

7. District K-Prep Results: Disability-With IEP (Total)
Novice %
Apprentice %
Proficient %
Distinguished %
Reading
12.6
28.3
48.8
10.2
27.1
30.2
34.1
8.5
27.6
24.4
37.8
Math
11.8
44.9
35.4
7.9
36.4
31.0
2.3
42.5
21.3
7.0

8. Reading Novice Reduction Results in one Year
Junction City Elementary
Woodlawn Elementary
Novice %
Novice. %
F/R
20.6
13.9
12.0
7.8
Disability
30.9
14.3
32.6
11.4
Gap Group
21.5
14.2
13.1
7.6

9. Math Novice Reduction Results in one Year
Junction City Elementary
Woodlawn Elementary
Novice %
Novice. %
F/R
20.6
8.0
19.4
11.8
Disability
34.5
8.2
34.9
15.9
Gap Group
21.5
7.8
20.0
11.4

10. Data Driven Instruction
Exit Slips
Common Assessments
Tracking and Monitoring

11. Exit Slips

12. Common Assessments

13. Tracking

14. Monitoring

15. Daily Formative Data Collection Page
Document for Friday Planning

16. Mastery Connect
Through Mastery Connect, teachers can effectively assess core standards, monitor student performance, and report mastery to students, parents, and administrators.

17. Learning Target Intervention
Elementary Mega Block
Content teacher delivers instruction to all students.
A formative assessment piece is given at the end of every lesson (exit slip, checklist, showdown, etc.). The teacher collects and records the data.
Teacher sorts the data into three categories: mastery, near mastery, and remediation.

18. Learning Target Intervention
Elementary Mega Block (continued)
Teacher communicates with the interventionists which students need intervention that day.
Interventionists pull the students who need remediation out of their special area classes for 15 minutes.
Students receive re-teaching on that day’s learning target and are re-assessed for mastery. They then rejoin their special area class.

19. Learning Target Intervention
Review Fridays
Content teacher delivers instruction to all students.
A formative assessment piece is given at the end of every lesson (exit slip, checklist, showdown, etc.). The teacher collects and records the data each day.
On Thursday afternoon, the teacher, along with any other co- teachers responsible for the data, group the students for instruction on Friday.

20. Learning Target Intervention
Review Fridays
Students are re-assessed on Fridays on the week’s learning targets to insure mastery.
Based on the week’s data, the students are organized in re-teaching, extra practice or enrichment groups.
An additional co-teacher is assigned to each classroom for two hours on Fridays to assist with content area instruction.

21. Learning Target Intervention
Power Hour - Reading
30 minutes of extra reading time for students
Teachers pull students based on goals and conference

22. Co-Teaching - Station Teaching
Teacher does main lesson based on learning Target
Co-teacher focuses on underpinnings

23. Co-Teaching - Station Teaching
A third station is usually a independent station, many times with a chrome book or ipad.

24. Station Teaching Sample Schedule

25. Next Steps
More Strategic and Intentional with Individual Reading Goals
Content Specific Tools for Math

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