Improving ACT Scores through Writing in Social Studies
por Robert Pritchett
1. 7. Financial Costs
1.1. Central Question PD by District Personnel--No Cost
1.2. Rubric PD by District Curriculum Coord--No Cost
1.3. Meet at central location--No additional Cost
2. 6. Progress Monitoring Through PLC Evaluation of Rubric Using Exemplars
2.1. Teachers bring exemplars of writing to PLC
2.2. Teachers grade exemplars from other schools
2.3. Teachers compare grading to evaluate topics and rubric
2.4. Reflection and Revision of Topics and Exemplars
3. 5. Field Test Topics and Rubric
3.1. Teachers assign a topic and use rubric
3.2. Steering committee reviews topics, rubric and student writing samples
4. 1. Data Collection and Analysis
4.1. ACT with Writing Scores
4.2. ACAP Summative ELA Scores
4.3. Teacher Survey Before and After Initiative
4.3.1. Frequency of Writing
4.3.2. Use of Rubrics
4.3.3. Difficulty of Grading
4.3.4. Why / why not asking students to write?
4.4. Student Survey Before and After Initiative
4.4.1. Frequency of Writing
4.4.2. What makes writing easy / difficult?
5. 2. Stakeholder Planning and Communication
5.1. Initiative shared through Social Media
5.2. Steering Committee
5.2.1. Parents, Social Studies teachers, ELA teacher
5.2.2. Contributes input to work of PLCs
5.2.3. Periodically meet for updates during stages of project
5.2.4. Assist with progress monitoring
6. 3. Topic Development Through PLCs
6.1. District PLC
6.1.1. Middle School
6.1.2. High School