Activity B:  Class Analysis

Strand and Standard Analysis

 

Download Grade 3 or Grade 8 ELA results from the sample benchmark results at http://www.ctap4.org/pi/.  Click on Class Analysis.

Open the Excel spreadsheet on one or two adjacent computers.  Open the wiki on a third computer.  Everyone on the team should contribute ideas. Choose a different scribe as the team moves from one station to another. 

1. Review the Strand Analysis results for the five language arts strands. Which ones are you concerned about and why?

2. If you wanted to raise test scores, where would you put the focus to show the greatest impact?

3. Now, focus on the individual standards. Look at the test questions to see how these standards are tested.  Looking at the spreadsheet, choose a standard that concerns you.  What new information does it give you? 

4. You are one month out from the CST.  How could class time best be used?  Record your ideas and strategies.

Click on your team's wiki pages below to record your answers.

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