Goal 1
By June 2012, all students will increase performance on targeted specialized Language and Terminology skills using instructional interventions implemented in all curricular areas as measured by the TN3 Social Studies subtest and other System-wide and school based assessments. The targeted skills are to use specialized common vocabulary to discuss key concepts in content areas and to develop an understanding of the root meaning of words including prefixes and suffixes to decipher new words.
Goal 2
By June 2012, all students will increase performance on targeted Critical and Analytical Thinking Skills using instructional interventions implemented in all curricular areas as measured by the TN 3 Science subtest and other System-wide and school based assessments. The targeted skills are to determine important ideas and synthesize important information during/after reading of text material; to use content related theories and apply them to new content areas; and to use concepts presented in non-fiction content area text and generalize to a new content area.