North Polk

Community
Schools
Ty Adams, Alex Bollmeyer, Jacklyn Smith

Current State
For the 2013-2014 year Central Elementary was placed on the SINA
(School In Need of Assistance) list for math based on our Iowa
Assessment scores.
We had a list of must dos as a school for all teachers which included the
following:
- 90 minute block of math with one hour being uninterrupted
- Teacher collaboration for consistent grading at each grade level
- Weekly monitoring of students to assess which concepts students may
be struggling with
- Intervention groups for struggling students and enrichment for
advanced students
- Parent letters sent home before each chapter

New math curriculum

Our previous math curriculum was outdated and not aligned
with the Iowa Core
This year we implemented Everyday Math as our new math
curriculum
EDM focuses on building an understanding of math
concepts using concrete, real-life examples.
It uses repeated exposure to math skills to help students
recall from their long term memory.

Math Data
Iowa Assessment Data
Only one set of data but positive
results

Heartland AEA H.E.A.R.T.

Online
https://heart1.aea11.k12.ia.us/

Three Level Proficiency

Graphs
Advanced, Proficient, Less Than
Proficient

5th Grade (2012-13)

Central Elementary - All Grades

2013-2014 School Year:

Less Than Proficient
Decreased from
26.1% to 10.1%
Advanced
Increased from 19.7%
to 46.4%

5th Grade (2013-14)

TRENDS:
2012-2013
Less Than Proficient Increased
2013-2014
Less Than Proficient Decreased
Advanced Increased

4th Grade (2013-14)

TRENDS:
2012-2013
Less Than Proficient Slightly
Decreased
Advanced Decreased
2013-2014
Less Than Proficient Slight
Increase
Mostly steady
Advanced Increased
Up to 50.0%

Disaggregated Data
Dig deeper into the data to find underlying trends
Small sample sizes
ELL ( < 10 students)
IEP ( < 5 students)
Ethnicity ( < 10 students)

Gender and SES

Same trends as the entire student body

5th Grade by Gender (2013-14)

TRENDS:
2012-2013
M/F: Less Than Proficient Increased
M/F: Advanced Increased
2013-2014:
M/F: Less Than Proficient Decreased
M/F: Advanced Increased

5th Grade by SES (2013-14)

TRENDS:
2012-2013:
Both categories increased Less Than
Proficient
2013-2014:
Both categories decreased Less Than
Proficient
Both categories increased Advanced

Grades 3-5 Reading

Reading: Grade 5 Cohort

***The red dashed lines represent a transition

between versions of this test. Trends across the
lines should be interpreted with caution. Please
refer to support materials for these tests
for more information on the specific changes
and appropriate interpretation of these test
results.

Reading: Grade 4 Cohort

Reading: 5th Grade Cohort by Gender

Next Steps
We will continue to provide staff
training on implementing the Everyday
Math curriculum
We will be starting a teacher leadership
model to increase teacher collaboration.
Our goal is keep this trend going! If we
receive similar results next year we will
be taken off of the SINA list.