100% Proficiency of all RI fourth graders: What will
it take?
A Statewide Analysis
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Table of Contents
- Why Focus on the 4th Grade?
- Rhode Island Looks Upstream
Rhode Island Needs:
I. Some Good News to Sustain Us Along the Long Journey to Proficiency
- RI Has Public Policy Agreement
- The Children's Cabinet
- Cross-agency Collaboration Around School Success
- RI Has Unusually High Quality and Extensive Information
- The SALT Survey
II. Responsive, Effective, Exciting Schools
- 1997-98 Profile of RI Public Schools
- New England and U.S. 1998 National Assessment for Educational Progress Scores in Reading
- RI Current 4th Grade Academic Achievement
- RI Current 4th Grade Academic Achievement Disaggregation
- Non-proficiency Gaps
- Using Statistical Modeling to Have a Value Added Conversation
1998 Grade Four Performance by School: Percent of Test Takers at or Above Standard (Rank-ordered Chart)
Moving Towards Responsive, Exciting Schools
- Improving Literacy and Numeracy
- Classroom Practices (SALT Survey Findings)
- Elementary Integrates Instructions Much More Frequently that Secondary
Standards-based Instruction (SALT Survey Findings)
- Teacher Professional Development
- Certificate of Initial Mastery
- RI Needs More Opportunities to Coordinate Curriculum
- Students Could Make Better Use of After-School Time
- Teacher Expectations
III. Compassionate, But Unflinching Assessments of our Students' Characteristics
Who Are Rhode Island's Children?
- An Increase in Childhood Poverty
- Poverty as an Indicator of School Success
Other Ready to Learn Indicators
- Single Parent Families
- Teen Birth Rate
- Breakfast
- Student Behavior
- Lead Poisoning
- Pre-School
- All-Day Kindergarten
- After-School Status
IV. Strong Community Support Networks
- Teachers Can Not Shoulder the Full Responsibility for Education by Themselves
- Moving Towards Strong Community Support for RI Children
- Child Opportunity Zones (COZ) Family Centers- Community-based, School-linked Support
- Forging Stronger Partnerships with Parents
Other Sorts of Partnerships that Strengthen School Effectiveness
- Maximizing and Brokering Available Resources - the East Bay Collaborative Model
- The RI Parents Information Network
- The Bell Atlantic Education Exchange
V. Well-prepared, Well-supported Teachers
- Time (SALT Survey Findings)
- Teacher Preparation (SALT Survey Findings)
- Professional Development (SALT Survey Findings)
- The Center for School Leadership
Closing Remarks from the Commissioner
100% Proficiency of All Rhode Island Fourth Graders:
A Statewide Analysis
was written by Julia Steiny.