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AP at NISDIt’s Personal
Rich Discussions around Improving Student Performance
District SMART Goals• Minimize the gap between AP final classroom
grades and AP test scores by increasing AP scores of 3+ by 5% on the Spring 2015 AP exams.
• Increase overall EOC phase II scores by 6%. Increase the LEP phase II pass rate by 7%. Increase the phase II Special Ed. met standard by 6%. Increase the Advanced Level III by 30% district wide.
• Increase participation in district initiatives (History Fair/District AP PLCs, District PD) by 10%
•How do the District Goals impact you and your students?
•Are the district goals realistic and achievable?
•How do the district goals align and inform your campus and personal goals for this year?
Think about the Following…..
Data
APUSH WHAP MACRO MICRO PSYCHHUM GEO US GOV
EUR HIST
District 462/1482 533/1254 245/676 69/100 90/229 36/61 241/814 1/1
% 3+ 31.17% 42.50% 36.20% 69% 39.30% 59% 29.60% 100%NISD Students Who May Not Receive College Credit
1020 721 431 31 139 25 573 0
Students with < 3 on AP Exams
Questions to Consider……
• How does the data help to drive the decisions we make in our instruction this year?
• What does the data indicate about our program- as a district, as a campus, as an individual teacher?
Creating Effective PLCs
• Norms• Meeting times• Meeting Places• Effective use of time– Sharing effective lessons/activities– Creating Common Assessments– Calibration/practice “AP style” scoring of writing– Modeling effective lessons
AP US and AP World Collaborative
• How can the success of the AP World, after their redesign, help AP US History as they go through theirs?
• What did the WHAP teachers do to improve scores that could be replicated or used to help the APUSH?
• How do WHAP teachers approach teaching the skills necessary for success on the redesigned exam?
Focus on Solutions• What can we do to improve students
achievement-individually, as a district, as a PLC?
• What training, resources, materials do we need to achieve our goals?
• What type and quantity of district support do we need to achieve our goals?
• Who can I go to as a resource?