May 3, 2012 at 7:00 AM - Curriculum Committee

Discussion:  Also in attendance was Don Hague.

Discussion:  Martin shared a power point presentation with the committee covering the Terra Nova composite data for Language, Reading, Math and Science. Explanation was given regarding the various uses of a national normed assessment and statistics that are available. Martin gave a demonstration of the website available for all administrators and teachers to view their Terra Nova data for the last two years. All administrators have received the data to review with their buildings. Discussion regarding assessment strengths and weaknesses with building administrators will occur at a Data Retreat in June. Terra Nova assessment will be moved to the fall in 2012-2013 and will be used as an assessment to guide instruction. Students will be normed against students nation-wide taking the assessment at the same time of year. This will eliminate excessive testing in the spring.

Discussion:  No questions concerning budget items. Approval was sought for upcoming purchases of the Vocabulary Workshop Materials for 6-12 and the Reading/Language Arts Materials for K-6. They will be forwarded to the Business Committee.

Discussion:  Only three requests for travel were received in the month of April.

Discussion:  The next curriculum meeting will be June 7, 2012, 7:00 a.m., Central Office Board Room.