Curriculum & Assessment

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The district endeavors to have written, taught, and assessed curricula which meet or exceed the Oklahoma Academic Standards.

Curricular development and implementation is directed by Dianne Martinez, the Executive Director of Elementary Schools, and Jason Langham, the Executive Director of Special Services & Secondary Schools. They are both assisted by LaDonna Chancellor, who coordinates the secondary department chairs across grades 6-12, and Kelli Bryant, who handles student assessment. There is an online listing of elementary coordinators and secondary department chairs.

	Ms. Dianne Martinez Executive Director of Elementary Schools Education Service Center (918) 336-8600 ext. 3531 MartinezDK@bps-ok.org	Mr. Jason Langham Executive Director of Special Services & Secondary Schools Education Service Center (918) 336-8600 ext. 3515 LanghamRJ@bps-ok.org
	Ms. Kelli Bryant Teacher Specialist of Student Accountability, Assessments, and Instructional Technology Education Service Center (918) 336-8600 ext. 3507 BryantKM@bps-ok.org	Ms. LaDonna Chancellor High School Principal; coordinates the Department Chairs across grades 6-12 Bartlesville High School (918) 336-3311 ext. 1052 ChancellorLM@bps-ok.org
Listing of elementary curriculum coordinators and secondary department chairs

Core Curricula

A LiveBinders project to provide online access to core curricula is under development.

Curriculum Assessments

Contents

1 Elementary Assessments
2 Secondary Assessments

The district uses common core curriculum assessments to improve both its vertical and horizontal alignment and help with targeted remediation.

Elementary Assessments

State Elementary Assessments

The elementary schools are using STAR Reading & Math for curriculum assessments.

STAR Reading determines the reading level of each student. A quick assessment with immediate assessment results, STAR Reading allows teachers to measure individual and class growth. This assessment allows teachers to do the following:

Assess students' reading levels in less than 10 minutes.
Receive accurate, reliable, norm-referenced reading scores including grade equivalents, percentile ranks, and normal curve equivalents.
Determine the appropriate level of challenge for each student to personalize practice and individualize instruction.
Predict results on high-stakes, standardized tests, including ITBS, CAT, SAT, and TerraNova.
Track growth in student reading achievement longitudinally, facilitating the kind of growth analysis recommended by state and federal organizations.

STAR Math determines the math level of each student. A quick assessment with immediate assessment results, STAR Math allows teachers to measure individual and class growth. This assessment allows teachers to do the following:

Assess students' math levels in less than 15 minutes.
Receive accurate, reliable, norm-referenced math scores including grade equivalents, percentile ranks, and normal curve equivalents.
Determine the appropriate level of challenge for each student to personalize practice and individualize instruction.
Predict results on state and national standardized tests including ITBS, CAT, and TerraNova.
Track growth in student math achievement longitudinally, facilitating the kind of growth analysis recommended by state and federal organizations.

Secondary Assessments

In 2019-2020, for high school core subjects taught by more than one teacher, there will be 1^st and 3^rd quarter assessments, while the semester test will serve as a 2nd quarter assessment.

In 2019-2020, there will be 1^st, 2^nd, and 3^rd quarter assessments for middle school core subjects taught by more than one teacher.

Secondary Curriculum Assessments Chart

State Secondary Assessments

STAR for middle school English

The middle school English courses will use of STAR Reading assessments, with supplemental assessments to address other aspects of the Oklahoma Academic Standards. ExactPath will be an available remediation service, along with Study Island.

STAR for middle school math

The middle school math courses will use STAR Math assessments, with Exact Path and ST Math as available supplemental/remediation services.

Canvas

The district will use the Canvas Learning Management System to conduct all other secondary curriculum assessments.

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