Reading By 3rd Grade

Outcomes: 

• The percentage of Multilingual Learners grades 1-3 who demonstrate appropriate progress in WIDA language 
  acquisition will increase by 5 percentage points from Spring 2024 to Spring 2025.
• The percentage of students in Grades K-3 meeting or exceeding the VALLSS screener benchmarks 
  will increase by 5 percentage points from fall 2024 to spring 2025.   

Strategies:

• Increase opportunities for English Language Development through use of embedded strategies during whole group instruction and intentional small group instruction focused on specific student needs.
• Leverage use of daily, explicit language comprehension lessons from the new core curriculum for building knowledge and vocabulary.
• Improve integrity of implementation of new core curriculum, English Language Development program, and/or intervention programs by using FCPS-adopted resources with fidelity.

Mathematics

Outcome: By June 2025, 50%+ of students will make the EOY benchmark as measured by iReady.

-Grade 1: At the EOY 24-25 SY, 50% of students will make their EOY benchmark of 402 or higher on the iReady assessment.
-Grade 2: At the EOY 24-25 SY, 50% of students will make their EOY benchmark of 428 or higher on the iReady assessment.
-Grade 3: At the EOY 24-25 SY, 46% of students will make their EOY benchmark of 449 or higher on the iReady assessment.
-Grade 4: At the EOY 23-25 SY, 53% of students will make their EOY benchmark of 465 or higher on the iReady assessment.
-Grade 5: At the EOY 24-25 SY, 56% of students will make their EOY benchmark of 480 or higher on the iReady assessment.
                     
                            
Strategies:       

• Increase teacher's implementation of strategies and conversation structures that increase academic talk between students related to Shift 4: from show and tell to share and compare.
• Increase teacher implementation of explicit instruction and other components of effective mathematics intervention.
• Increase teachers' content knowledge and implementation of the 2023 FCPS mathematics program of studies.
• Access to Rigor: Cultivate a classroom culture of thinking by promoting curiosity, centered on student thinking, and planning for relevant and enriching learning experiences.

Chronic Absenteeism

Outcome: Ensure students feel safe, included, and supported in the school environment.

Goal: By June 2025, our school will reduce its chronic absenteeism rate by 2 percentage points from 13% in June 2024 to 11% in June 2025, as evidenced by our school’s Chronic Absenteeism Data reflected in the Attendance Dashboard.                             

Strategy 1: Create a school culture of engagement & belonging for students and families. Every staff, student, and family will feel safe and connected to the school community.

Strategy 2: Understand root causes of student absenteeism. Strengthen programmatic responses to attendance barriers.