Sayre High School uses the Grades Monitoring Tool to monitor progress for students who receive specialized support (i.e. students with individualized education plans). The 9th grade team regularly reviews the “Average Grade by Subgroup” chart in the summary tables tab of the report, and the AP provides an overview of On-Track progress on a student-level using data provided in the student roster tab of the report.

The South Philadelphia 9th Grade Teacher Leader filters the GMT for students with good attendance but failing (or projected to fail) 1 or 2 core courses. If they notice a large disparity in on-track rates for males, they further narrow their list by filtering for just male students. This subgroup list then becomes the focus list for teacher interventions for the next 4-6 weeks. The team uses the Target Group Analysis Protocol to review and analyze the data for this subgroup, then forms action steps.

Furness High School used the GMT to identify students and/or subgroups in need of interventions and developed strategies to support each group (e.g., SPED, ELL/LEP, etc.). They also used an intervention tracker to monitor the work. To learn more, check out this short video describing how Furness is using the GMT.