STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES EXAMPLES

Course/ Grade	Identified Student Needs	Student Group	Student Learning Objective	Assessment	TEKS	Baseline Data	Student Growth Target	Professional Development/ Resources
1st Grade Reading	Reading to access the curriculum and reading needs be at 60 wcpm at the end of 1st grade	All Students (Bilingual Class)	My students will read with fluency and understanding in texts at appropriate difficulty levels. They will read regularly at independent level texts in which there are no more than1 - 20 words with problems (95% accuracy) for the reader.	Standardized Test - Tejas Lee	110.3 9 (a) (b); 110.3 14 (g) (h) (I)	On BOY, students ranged from 23-47 wcpm	90% of students will increase their fluency by 30 wcpm.	Volunteers in the classroom during reading time
3rd Grade Math	Students scored from 19% to 30% on rounding and estimation. Students need to use strategies in problem solving that include estimation, appropriate measurement including perimeter, area, and rounding with money	All Students	My students will round whole numbers to the nearest ten or hundred to approximate reasonable results in problem situations and use strategies to round compatible numbers to estimate solutions using addition and subtraction problems	Teacher Developed - Word Problems requiring Rounding to Solve	111.15 3.5 (a) (b)	Scores ranged from 19 - 40 on the pre-assessment	80% will increase their scores at least 30 points	None
4th Grade PE	Poor Flexibility	All Students	My fourth grade students will participate in appropriate exercises for developing flexibility	Fitnessgram	116. 6 b 4C	poor flexibility with most 4th grade students as measured on Fitnessgram	75% of my students will improve their sit and reach score by one inch	None
5th Grade Music	Most students scored below 70 on symbols, notation, and terms .	All Students	5th grade students will be able to identify music terms, symbols and definitions .	Teacher Developed Music Assessment	117.18.1.B, 3.D	5 scored 70 or higher 16 scored between 40 and 70 41 scored between 2 and 40	75% of 5th grade students will improve by 24 points on the post test	Texas Music Educator's Association Convention and Conference and collaboration with other music teachers.
7th Grade English	Students struggle with reading comprehension, response to text, and analyzing text based on 6th grade TAKS	Target Group - Students who failed 6th Grade Reading TAKS	Students will use a variety of strategies to comprehend a wide range of texts of increasing levels of difficulty, express and support responses to text, and analyze characteristics of a text.	Teacher Developed Assessment - Reading Comprehension and Literary Analysis	110.23 10,11,12	Most students scored below 85%. Comprehension quizzed and in-class reading assignments helped set target.	85% of students will achieve an 85 on the post assessment.	Aim and Focus for TAKS Reading Success Middle School Teachers / In-class reading tutors, after school tutorials
8th Grade Science	Student scores on the BOY averaged 44% on the understanding of the motion, forces, and energy on the BOY.	All Students	My students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between force and motion, and how unbalanced forces cause a change in velocity in the direction of the stronger force	Teacher Developed Assessment of Force and Motion	112.24 8.13 A,B,C	The average percentage of correct answers was 37.39%	80 % of students will raise their scores by 20 points	Labs, warm-ups, vocabulary games and smaller assessments
8th Grade Art	Keeping students interested in attending school, reduce drop out rates. Skills learned prepare for high school Fine Arts Academy and/or college programs	All	Students will improve their ability to draw from direct observation via studies of still life, skulls, African masks, etc…	Scott Foresman Art rubric, modified by teacher as needed. Curriculum embedded assessments	117.38 Art, 8.1A, 8.2 B	Preassessment of student's ability to draw from direct observation, prior to instruction	75% of students will score 80 on the post assessment	Skulls, Skeletons mannequin models Still Life Objects, Mirrors Drawing Paper & Media Rulers Handouts
9th Grade Biology	Students need to grasp complex scientific vocabulary and reinforce critical thinking skills using biology data.	All Students	Students will use the scientific method to organize , analyze, evaluate, make inferences, and predict trends from biology data.	Teacher Developed - Making Inferences and Predicting Trends from Biology Data	112.43 2 (c )	All students scored an average of 30% on preassessment	75% of students to increase scores by 50 points.	West Ed Training/More days to develop curriculum
10th Grade English II	Mechanics, Usage, Grammar, Writing skills	All Students	Students will write a well-developed, coherent essay using conventions correctly.	Teacher Developed - Essay Prompt with Rubric	110.43 2 (b) 1 (c )	Students performed poorly on average - below 12 points on rubric (20 point scale)	75% of students will improve 3 or more points on the rubric.	Essay materials, sample essays, ideas for minilessons
10th-11th Grade Algebra II	The students need to be able to solve quadratic equations and inequalities using graphs , tables, and algebraic methods.	All Students	The student is expected to use the parent quadratic function to graph and connect between y=ax^2+bx+c and the y=a(x-h)^2+k symbolic representations of quadratic functions and use the parent functions to predict changes in a,h, and k on the graphs of y=a(x-h)^2+k form of a function.	Teacher Developed	111.33 7 (a)	On my teacher made pretest, of the 40 students, the highest score was 50% made by 2 students. The lowest score was 5% and the class average was 27%.	75% of my students will improve by 20% on the teacher made postassessment.	None
11th Grade AP US History	Weakness in DBQ essay of AP Exam, support for arguments, clear thesis statements, and use of primary documents	All Students	AP US History students will increase their ability to identify and create the key elements of a strong DBQ response including a clear thesis statement, presentation of strong supportive arguments, and incorporation of primary documents	Teacher Developed Assessment - AP DBQ Scoring Rubric and AP Free Response Self Evaluation	113.53 (b)	A majority of students scored below 70% on the assessments of student writing performance using the AP DBQ Rubric and the student and teacher evaluation of freeresponse skills using teacher generated rubric	80% of students scoring below 70% on AP US History DBQ Rubric in October 2007 will increase their score by at least 20 points by April 2008.	Time to assess student writing and plan for remediation as needed. Access to copiers for printed materials needed