Dear Families,
As we end January, and round into February, the winter JFK assessment window for students is open. At JFK, we have a comprehensive local assessment plan to progress monitor our students growth.
For reading, we assess students using the Fountas & Pinnell Benchmark Assessment System. This benchmarking system assesses student’s reading accuracy, fluency, and comprehension levels. Using the F & P assessments three times a year, teachers determine student’s independent and instructional reading levels, which allows them to monitor student reading behaviors one-on-one, engage in comprehension conversations that go beyond retelling, and make informed decisions that connect assessment to instruction.These levels typically correlate to grades K-8, but students may vary along them in their instructional levels.
In the area of math, we assess students K-2 using AIMs Web and 3-5 using STAR Math. AIMs Web is a paper assessment that is given three times a year. In Kindergarten, this assessment is given interview style, with teachers sitting with individual students. In both grades 1 and 2, this assessment is given whole class. In grades 3-5, STAR Math is an online assessment that is also given three times a year. The format is that students answer questions, and the test adjusts the next question to meet the student where they are at.
Have a fantastic weekend
Sara Raabe
JFK Principal
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Upcoming Important Dates
Thursday, January 30th – All School Morning Meeting and Big Change Roundup Kick Off
Wednesday, February 12th – 12:15 Early Release with Activities
Wednesday, February 19th – PTO Meeting, 5:30 in the library
Monday, February 24th – Tuesday, March 3rd – No School