Materials Design

Ongoing Assessments

Clint ISD will have several assessments that are provide to students at the beginning, middle and end of the year. Clint ISD will be implementing the NWEA MAP program beginning in the Fall of 2020 for grades K – 10 in ELAR, Math and Science. The MAP program will provide data on student baseline levels, middle of year growth, and end of year attainment. To ensure student gaps in instruction are minimized, the students’ data can be used to correlate to other student assessments in two ways: the correlation indicators to SAT and ACT and the alignment studies to the Texas STAAR assessment. As campuses become more proficient at using and understanding MAP assessments and reports, the instructional teams will find nuances applying to their campus that will lead to developing cut-scores for the Meets and Masters Levels on STAAR.

Furthermore, Clint ISD will use Dreambox for math grades K-8, mClass Amplify for reading in grades K-5, and CLI Engage for PK to progress monitor. Other assessments will be given at different times to gather the appropriate data. This data will be reviewed to adjust intervention plans and instruction.

Formative Assessments

To ensure all students are progressing with learning the content, teacher will administer formative assessments in their classrooms. At all levels, the Curriculum and Instruction Department will provide teachers with a question bank of questions that can be used as checking for understanding tools. The questions will align to the units on our District pacing guides and are also aligned to the TEKS and the TRS system. Teachers will also use the Fundamental Five – Writing Critically and Lesson Frame which includes closing the lesson to gather student content knowledge attainment.

Elementary and secondary teachers may both use a combination of written and instructional application to check for student understanding. All teachers can utilize the tools in G Suite as well as NEARPOD to assess students’ knowledge of content. The teachers will be trained on using these tools to gather formative assessment data. The gradebook requirement for the school year is that twenty percent of the student’s grade must be an assessment grade.

District Benchmarks

Students will be administered checkpoint assessments at the end of each nine-week grading period that will be created from the district’s pacing guides. These checkpoints will allow teachers to review their students’ data in their PLC’s and align instruction. Teachers will have data dialogues with their administration to review growth patterns; campus administration will provide professional development support for any teachers whose benchmark scores do not show improvement. Benchmark data will also be used to determine SLO progress and T-TESS growth.

Support for At-Risk Students

The District has intersessional intervention times scheduled in October and March to support students who need extra instructional supports. The data from the district benchmarks will be used to assist teachers in re-teaching content and identifying students who need interventions. Students who have been learning at home will be reviewed by the campus administration each grading period. Additional support for students who have failed a course or need assistance will be assigned.

All students will have direct instruction as their primary mode of learning in the core content areas, supported by asynchronous environments. This will allow teachers to keep an instructional focus on students and scaffold supports for students. The campus RTI Team will monitor students who need interventions, especially special populations to make sure that they are provided, not only at the intersessions, but throughout the year.

Instructional Materials

Clint ISD is a 21^st Century Digital Learning District and students have many resources online that they may use daily in their learning. All students have either an iPad, Chromebook or laptop and access to the district’s tools via the Internet. Textbooks are also available to students online and every student has login information to access these online resources. Teachers will be able to plan their lessons using the variety of resources that students will also be able to access at home. District software and apps will also compliment the interaction with students as teachers work daily with students.

At the cornerstone of the District’s resources is the Google Suite set of apps. These apps allow teachers to conduct face-to-face meetings, share documents, assign on-going projects, conduct interactive activities and assess students. Elementary students have access to hundreds of grade level book titles, through our ELAR textbook adoption, that teachers can assign to students for independent or guided reading. Secondary students also have literary titles at their disposal as part of the new secondary textbook adoption.

Resources for Elective and CTE Students

Students who will require specific materials such as band instruments, access to industry equipment, or the use of labs that immolate the workplace will be provided. All fine arts teachers will ensure that equipment and resources are provided to students before assignments are given. The campus administration will set up scheduled pick-up times where students can safely obtain resources for their fine arts classes.