Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community Marple Newtown School District K-12 Mathematics Moving All Students Forward

Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community Core Beliefs- Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Curriculum Review Cycle PA Core and Assessment Design Online Resources in Mathematics Sample Curriculum Maps Current Initiatives and Goals Mathematics Curriculum K-12

Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community

Curriculum Review Cycle

Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community PA Core and Assessment Design In grades 3-8, the Mathematics PSSA is heavily weighted towards multiple-choice style questions 72 possible points at each grade level, 60 points come from multiple choice questions 1 12 points come from open-ended questions The Algebra I Keystone Exams is more evenly weighted between multiple-choice and open ended questions 60 possible points 60-75% points possible via multiple choice items 25-40% points possible via open-ended items

Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community PA Core and Assessment Design

Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community Sample Questions PA Academic Standards (old) PA Core Standards (new)

Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community Online Resources in Mathematics DRC Insight- online student portal for diagnostic and State assessments

Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community Current Initiatives and Goals Reduce Achievement Gaps Increased technology in instruction and assessment purposes

Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community Reduce Achievement Gaps  Restructure the process by which students are grouped for mathematics- mixed grouping of students, with one or two high groups as warranted  Eliminate low level mathematics classes- prepare ALL students for Algebra I by 9 th grade  Course specific diagnostic and benchmark assessments- test by class/course, not by student grade level

Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community Increased technology in instruction and assessment purposes  Lessons are increasingly technology based in K-12  Grade level teams researching instructional resources  Utilize assessment data to plan individually targeted instruction, review, and interventions  Individual student conferences to analyze data and set learning goals

Mission... to provide state of the art educational opportunities for all students in a safe, healthy and effective learning environment through a collaborative commitment involving students, families, staff and community Curriculum- What Do We Teach Instruction- How Do We Teach Assessment- How Did We Do