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School Improvement
Planned Improvement For The School And DistrictAccording to the previous data collected in 2006-2007, Arbury Hills School had numerous areas of strength. In the area of mathematics, Arbury Hills School had 97% of the students in third grade meeting and exceeding standards with 47% of the students exceeding the standards. In the area of mathematics for the fourth grade students, there were 94% of the students meeting and exceeding standards with 23% of the students exceeding standards. In the area of science, Arbury Hills School had 90% of the fourth grade students meeting and exceeding standards with 17% of the students exceeding.
A continued area of focus has been in the area of reading. In third grade, there were 81% of the students that are meeting and exceeding standards with 65% of the students meeting the standards and 16% of the students exceeding standards. In fourth grade, there were 83% of the students that are meeting and exceeding standards with 64% of the students meeting the standards and 19% of the students exceeding standards.
The areas of math and science are also a focus with a specific focus on increasing the percentages of students in the exceeds category. In area of mathematics in third grade, there were 97% of the students that are meeting and exceeding standards with 50% of the students meeting the standards and 47% of the students exceeding standards. In fourth grade, there were 94% of the students that are meeting and exceeding standards with 71% of the students meeting the standards and 23% of the students exceeding standards.
In the area of science, there were 90% of the fourth grade students in the meets and exceeds category. There were 72% of the students in the meets category and 17% in the exceeds category.
For the 2007-2008 school year, Arbury Hills School improvement Plan will address reading and writing in all areas of the curriculum. Our goal is to expand the current modes of differentiated instruction to increase the reading comprehension and writing skills in all grade levels along with integrating reasoning skills into the curricular areas. A focus will be on the following reasoning skills: comparing and contrasting, inductive reasoning, and deductive reasoning. Reading will also be a focus in the subjects of science and social studies where guided reading strategies and higher level thinking skills will be utilized to improve reading comprehension of content area material. A focus in all subject areas is to promote vocabulary development in order to improve comprehension skills. Students will be given a Word of the Week, a new vocabulary word, that can be incorporated in multiple content areas. In the mathematics area, the focus will be on improving student performance in developing basic skills and problem solving skills. In all subject areas, it is the goal to increase the percentage of students in the exceeds category.
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