Differentiated Acceleration

MacArthur International Spanish Academy

• 420 students K-6• 290 students

participate in our dual language program

• 29% ELL• 30% low income

Our Students

Hispanic48%

White35%

African-American 3%

Asian11%

Multi-racial3%

• Students who have attended MacArthur ISA for at least one year will be at grade level in reading and math in English as well as Spanish upon entering third grade.

• MacArthur ISA will close the achievement gap for all students in reading and math in English and Spanish as measured by both district and state assessments.

• MacArthur ISA will perform at or above the 90th percentile (top 10% nationally) in meeting individual student growth targets in reading and math in English as well as Spanish.

District 54 Goals are MacArthur Goals

Spring 2010 Spring 20130%

10%

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90%

100%

Tier IIITier IITier I

14%

60%

21%

82%

2%19%

MAP Reading Tiers Comparison

% Meeting Growth Target

National Percentile Ranking

2009-10 68% 94%2010-11 75% 99%2011-12 67% 93%2012-13 71% 96%

MAP READING GROWTH

Spring 2010 Spring 20130%

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90%

100%

Tier IIITier IITier I

8%

63%

24%

90%

2%14%

MAP Math Tiers Comparison

%Meeting Growth Target

National Percentile

2009-10 72% 87%2010-11 78% 95%2011-12 73% 88%2012-12 79% 96%

MAP MATH GROWTH

Acceleration: Getting Started

Instructional Assistants with Jr. Great books

Reading focused

Used programs to intervene not coordinated with

classroom instruction

All teachers were providing

intervention for students below

grade level

Instruction provided in

EnglishStrategy: Do MORE

Instruction is aligned to Core

Classroom Instruction

Enrichment in Spanish and

English in Literacy and

Primary Grade Math

Certified teachers plan

and teach both intervention and

enrichment groups

Reading and Math

Strategy: Differentiate to meet particular student needs

Refining Acceleration

District 54 Balanced Literacy Acceleration Framework

5 mins. Shared Reading (teacher models)

15 mins. Guided Reading (student application)

10 mins. Writing/Written Response to Reading

30 min Literacy Acceleration Period

Struggling ReadersIntervention groups with a focus on:

Differentiated Literacy Acceleration

Decoding

Comprehension

Oral Language

Writing

Curricular Aligned

Differentiated Literacy Acceleration in Spanish

Native English Speakers

Native Spanish Speakers

• Curriculum Aligned• Focus on Language

Production• Preview of Vocabulary

• Curriculum Aligned• Literary analysis and

content area reading at advanced levels

• Cross Language Connections

Differentiated Math Acceleration

Aligned to Core

InstructionProblem Solving Focus

Numeracy Focus

Spanish Enrichmen

t

English Enrichment

Next steps

1. Expanding higher level math enrichment in Spanish to upper grades

2. Differentiating within larger enrichment groups