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Annual Reader of the Year:
Sponsored by the Muscogee Reading Association for the Georgia Reader of the Year competition for grades K-4, 5-8 and 9-12
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Reader
Davis Media Center contains a selection of AR books in order to participate in this program. The program helps get kids excited about reading books through use of a [point value per book] reading system. Accelerated Reader (AR®) helps focus attention on careful reading of books, which improves students’ critical-thinking skills and builds the intrinsic love of reading.
For more information:
http://www.renlearn.com/ar/overview/default.htm
Accelerated Math
Generates unlimited practice assignments—tailored to each student’s level.
Gives immediate, individualized feedback. Detailed reports help identify specific problem areas.
See at a glance how each student is progressing with each math objective.
Automatically scores all assignments and tests.
Helps each student practice the precise skills necessary to move ahead at their own pace.
For More Information:
http://www.renlearn.com/starreading/overview.htm
Star Reading
STAR Reading determines the reading level of each student, measures individual and class growth, and forecast results on standardized tests. Students can complete the computer-adaptive assessment in less than 10 minutes, and get accurate, reliable, norm-referenced scores immediately.
For More Information:
http://www.renlearn.com/starreading/default.htm
Star Math
determines the math lvel of each of each studend measure,growth forecast results on standardized tests. Students can complete the computer-adaptive assessment in less than 12 minutes, and get accurate, reliable, norm-referenced scores immediately.
For More Information:
http://www.renlearn.com/starmath/default.htm.
Title 1:
You may know Title I by its old name, Chapter 1. But the new Title I is different. It is based on three important ideas:
1. All students should work toward the same high standards. Title I's job is to provide help to students who need it to make sure they reach the same standards as everyone else in their school or district. Standards describe what students should know and be able to do at each grade level. Schools cannot have different standards for Title I students compared to other students.
2. Local districts, schools, and parents know best what their students need to succeed. Title I allows them to decide how to use Title I money to help students who are behind.
3. Parents are partners in helping all students achieve. Parents have the right to be involved in the design and operation of their school's Title I program. At the same time, parents have a responsibility to help their children succeed in school.
How can Title I money be used?
Districts, schools, and parents have a lot of choice in how they set up their Title I program, as long as it helps low-achieving students meet the same standards that have been set for all other students. For example, Title I money can be used to:
provide after-school, weekend or summer school programs, train teachers and other staff,
buy equipment and learning materials, support parent involvement activities,
hire special teachers, tutors or aides (usually in reading, language arts or math).
For more information:
http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg1.html
Special Education:
Exceptional Students exist to help local school systems provide special ecucation and related services so that all children with disabilities can develop into productive and successful citizens.
For additional information click the link below for the Georgia Dept. of Education
Special Education website.
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/curriculum/exceptional/programs.asp
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America's/ Georgia's Choice:
America's Choice schools have high expectations for all students and communicate those expectations through explicit performance standards that are carefully aligned to assessments. Students use powerful standards-based curriculum and instructional strategies that build key skills, convey core concepts and enable students to apply what they know. The pedagogical techniques enable every student to hit high standards, and we have many levels of safety nets for students who are struggling academically. We enable school leadership teams to build the capacity of faculty to implement every component of the design. The teams also learn how to think strategically, use data effectively, build strong faculty teams, and create
small, supportive learning communities for students. Teachers receive extensive training in our design and ongoing assistance in implementing the design.
To learn more visit the America's Choice website.
http://www.ncee.org/acsd/program/index.jsp
E.I.P.
Children start school at a designated chronological age, but differ greatly in their individual development and experience base. The Early Intervention Program (EIP) is designed to serve students who are at risk of not reaching or maintaining academic grade level. The purpose of the Early Intervention Program is to provide additional instructional resources to help students who are performing below grade level obtain the necessary academic skills to reach grade level performance in the shortest possible time.
For More Information:
http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/curriculum/instruction/eip_guidelines.pdf
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