Long Time, No Blog

Call it writer's block, or a busy schedule... I don't know. No excuses, but I'm back.

Much good news to report, however! After the first round of district Benchmark results were scanned, there were gains at every grade level compared to last year. In some cases the gains were significant, such as 2nd (up 16%) and 3rd (up 14%.) If this trend continues, there is every reason to believe we will again post strong CST gains at the end of the year.

Amidst the celebration, we must remain mindful of our commitment to improve in all of our subgroups, and close the achievement gap for EL's in math. All of the KLLOV strategies applied in language arts are beneficial in math, especially when we consider that ALL students are "MLL"- Math Language Learners.
Keep up the great work, RUSD teachers!