Prepared for the Professional Learning Community of

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Learning in the 21st Century COMPRESSION and
ELEVATION
Plausible impossibilities should be preferred to
convincing possibilities. Aristotle

• Prepared for the Professional Learning Community
  of
• JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
• by Dan Mulligan, Ed. D.
• September 2009

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Compression and Elevation

• When teams fully operationalize the concept of
  building shared knowledge the idea of learning
  together to improve instructional capacity you
  should see the general compression of results
  between members and a progressive elevation of
  student achievement over time.

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SOL English Results Rocky Run MS
Does the system perform?
White
All
Black
Hispanic
SWD
LEP
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• There are three parts to any research-based
  lesson
• Beginning check for and build background
  knowledge of each student
• During teach and actively engage each student
  in new content making connections to prior
  knowledge
• End check for understanding - provide each
  student with an opportunity to summarize (in
  their own way) and practice the essential
  knowledge and skills conveyed in the lesson

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FOUR-SECOND PARTNER

• Steps
• Find a person currently not seated next to you.
  Make friends
• ? ?
• 2. This person is now your FOUR-SECOND PARTNER!

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If you dont know where you are and you dont
know where you are going, anything you do will
get you there
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HUNT for SOLUTIONS
Record your responses on the last page
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In the Class of 2008

• 1. The percent of ALL students earning an
  Advanced Studies Diploma in the Class
  of 2008.
• 2. The percent of BLACK students earning an
  Advanced Studies Diploma in the Class of
  2008.
• 3. According to the Silent Epidemic, the percent
  of U.S. dropouts who would have stayed in school
  if learning was more interesting and real-world.
• 4. According to the Silent Epidemic, the percent
  of U.S. dropouts who felt they were too
  far behind by the end of elementary school.
• 5. The ON-TIME GRADUATION RATE for ALL students
  in the Class of 2008.
• The ON-TIME GRADUATION RATE for DISADVANTAGED
  students in the Class of 2008.
• 7. The ON-TIME GRADUATION RATE for STUDENTS with
  DISABILITIES in the Class of
  2008.
• 8. The ON-TIME GRADUATION RATE for HISPANIC
  students in the Class of 2008.

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18
80
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77
52
94
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SOLUTIONS 18, 39, 51, 52,
54, 77, 80, 94
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A s s e s s m e n t
Instructional Capacity
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Required pass rates for each subgroup
2005 tests reading (65)
math (63) 2006 tests reading (69)
math (67) 2007 tests reading (73)
math (71) 2008 tests reading (77) math
(75) 2009 tests reading (81)
math (79)
2010 tests reading (85)
math (83)
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Common Structures for Higher Order Thinking Skills
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Whats Get Measured Can Be MovedCharting the
Path to Higher Achievement with Data

• Prepared especially for the Professional Learning
  Community of JAMESTOWN
  HIGH SCHOOL
• by Dan Mulligan, Ed. D.
• September 2009

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Phase 1 Using the Analysis of Subgroup
Performance to Identify GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES For
Growth in Student Achievement
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Spotlight Moment! Meet a Friend Analyze the
results of one of the Jamestown SOL test results
by Subgroup. (English RLR, Math, History,
Science) Suggest observations and recommended
actions. Enjoy investigating!
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Phase 2 Using the Student Performance by
Question to Refine the GOLDEN OPPORTUNITIES For
Growth in Student Achievement
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For the 2009 2010 academic year AYP required
Subgroup Pass Rates are Reading 85 Math 83
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Systems Perspective

• All organizations are perfectly aligned to get
  the results they are currently getting. If people
  in the organization knew what to do to resolve
  the problem, they would do it, so it is likely to
  be a matter of not having the knowledge, (tool)
  or skill to create the needed change.

Charting Your Course Conyers and Ewy
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FOUR-SECOND PARTNER

• Steps
• Find a person currently not seated next to you.
  Make friends
• ? ?
• 2. This person is now your FOUR-SECOND PARTNER!

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A s s e s s m e n t
Instructional Capacity
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Moving BEYONDthe correct answer
TO ALL STUDENTS THINKING
My only skill is taking tests.
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SAMPLE Pre-assessment that includes
differentiation
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FOUR-SECOND PARTNER

• Steps
• Find a person currently not seated next to you.
  Make friends
• ? ?
• 2. This person is now your FOUR-SECOND PARTNER!

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WHATS MY RULE?Theme Sports
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Rule Bowling Terms
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WHATS MY RULE?Theme History and Social Science
Rule Things youd find on a globe
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WHATS MY RULE?Theme Accountability
Rule NCLB Accountability Guidelines
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WHATS MY RULE?Theme Geometry
Rule Plane figures with less than 5
sides.
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WHATS MY RULE?Theme _______________
Rule _________________________
STUDENT CENTERED APPROACH
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• 4 second partner
• Select a new partner.
• Identify content to be taught to your students.
• Outline a Dinner Menu of evidence of student
  understandings.
• Enjoy!

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Compression and Elevation

• When teams fully operationalize the concept of
  building shared knowledge the idea of learning
  together to improve instructional capacity you
  should see the general compression of results
  between members and a progressive elevation of
  student achievement over time.

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A s s e s s m e n t
Instructional Capacity
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Systemizing the Learning Process
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SOL English Results Jamestown HS
Does the system perform?
Hispanic
White
All
Black
SWD
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SOL Mathematics Results Jamestown HS
Does the system perform?
White
Hispanic
All
Black
SWD
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SOL Science Results Jamestown HS
Does the system perform?
White
Hispanic
All
Black
SWD
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SOL History Results Jamestown HS
Does the system perform?
White
Hispanic
All
Black
SWD
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SOL Writing Results Jamestown HS
Does the system perform?
White
All
Hispanic
Black
SWD
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A s s e s s m e n t
Instructional Capacity
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Closing the Gap
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• Fine Arts
• Math Counts
• Model UN
• Oral History
• Poetry Slam

Baseline Students

• Double Block Math
• Small Group English
• Read 180
• Activity Support
• Academic Boot Camp

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Student Services Indicator Table
Students earning D or F marks on interim and/or
quarter reports in one or more core subjects
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Organizing Theme Things someone would say
EDUCATIONAL STAKEHOLDER EDITION
Cafeteria Worker
200 POINTS
Student
Parent
100 POINTS 100 POINTS
Principal
Teacher
Superintendent
50 POINTS 50 POINTS 50 POINTS
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Results Now Mike Schmoker, ASCD, 2006
How we can achieve unprecedented improvements
in teaching learning.
Teaching Critical Thinking
Research-based Instructional Strategies
Reteach Reassess
Aligned Curriculum
Common Assessments
Shared Results
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FOUR-SECOND PARTNER
What is a strategy, concept, new way of looking
at what we do that made today memorable for you!
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Non-negotiable
Achieving Standards.
Every Child.
Every Time.
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What is pi?
What is the formula for circumference of a circle?
Essential Vocabulary
Create a situation involving area of a circle.
Essential Knowledge
Essential Skills
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• Fine Arts
• Math Counts
• Model UN
• Oral History
• Poetry Slam

Baseline Students

• Double Block Math
• Small Group English
• Read 180
• Activity Support
• Academic Boot Camp

Created by Liz Calvert Dan Parris
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Paradigm Shift
Remediation
Intervention
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What would a student need to know to get this
question right?
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What would a student need to know to get this
question right?
Vocabulary
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What would a student need to know to get this
question right?
Skill Analysis
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What would a student need to know to get this
question right?
Content
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What would a student need to know to get this
question right?
Question Format
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What would a student need to know to get this
question right?
Alignment Naming Conventions
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FOUR-SECOND PARTNER

• Steps
• Find a person currently not seated next to you.
  Make friends
• ? ?
• 2. This person is now your FOUR-SECOND PARTNER!

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Thank you for all you do, for all the
children! Dan