Louisville Middle School has been identified as an "Additional Targeted Support and Improvement" (ATSI) school in the area of "Student with Disabilities".
As a school designated for improvement, our staff members will be working towards developing a plan and course of action to increase the performance for the student group - "Students with Disabilities".
Last month, our Additional Targeted Support and Improvement Team (ATSI) developed an improvement action plan for two goals after conducting an in-depth school wide comprehensive needs assessment and analyzing data from our interim and state assessments.
The two goals we have developed encompass Instructional Time and Transitions from grade to grade/school to school.
Goal 1 - Instructional Time
Based on the Measure of Academic Performance assessment results, students with disabilities in middle school (6th-8th grades) will show growth on NWEA MAP assessment in the area of reading, improving from 66% showing growth in the Winter of 2018 to at least 72% of students showing growth by Winter of 2022.
Activity -
English Language Arts instructors and support will conduct small group targeted intervention. Specific instructors and staff will be trained to conduct small group intervention.
In addition, progress monitoring of student data will occur weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly depending on the intervention determined for the student.
Goal 2 - Transition Plan - Grade to Grade and School to School
At the end of the 2019-2020 school year, a transition plan for incoming and outgoing students with disabilities (grade to grade/school to school) will be developed and implemented.
At the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year, the transitional plans developed for incoming and outgoing students with disabilities (grade to grade/school to school) will be shared and communicated across to relevant staff members.
Activity/Strategy -
A template will be created to further assist relevant staff with specific academic performance and other related data as students transition between schools and/or grade levels. This template will be shared with the incoming teacher(s) to ensure relevant staff is familiar and aware regarding specific students who may benefit from additional accommodations, modifications, support, and/or challenging resources to further his/her academic performance.
**We will continue to analyze student performance data throughout the year, as our staff makes adjustments to further promote each individual student's growth and achievement.
***As a district, we will continue to keep our LPS families informed about the goals and action steps to address this specific improvement area.
