Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Custom-Built Curriculum
Peoria Unified School District 11 was in for a rude awakening in summer of 2003 when they received the results to the (AIMS) Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards when only 20% of the eighth grade students passed the math portion. they needed to find another way to teach the curriculum. They determined the textbooks did not match state standards. So they started building lessons from the ground up. They used grant monies to pay teachers to work Saturdays and summers to develop curriculum materials more close to the state standards. As a result of the new curriculum, on the 2006 AIMS test: 79% of all Peoria students passed the math portion of the exam, the eighth graders nearly improved 300%.
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That seems like an effective way to improve test scores. Maybe Coshocton should try this method of learning so that they could improve test scores.
ReplyDeleteI think that this shows that the teaching to students has to be better than what is in the textbooks. I believe that usually it is good to stay away from textbooks in the classroom and to branch out a little to increase more of what the students learn and maybe possibly remember.
ReplyDeleteWow great improvement. its actually kind of hard to belive that would happen. so appearntly it is a good way to teach their students.
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