The West Bend School District received an account ability score of Meets Expectations on the recently released DPI issued Report Cards which uses multiple measures of student achievement and engagement to describe performance using data from the 2013-2014 school year. With a score of 71.2 this high rating supports the continuous improvement and strong academic success of students in the West Bend School District.
While assessments and the School Report Cards are important tools, the goal for all West Bend School District schools is to ensure students receive the education they need to prepare them for college readiness and career success. To achieve this, the West Bend School District has implemented strategies to ensure high levels of student achievement:
- School Improvement Work Sessions: Each principal along with a small teacher team analyzes their state report card data and creates a continuous improvement plan (Plan-Do-Study-Act) to identify specific areas for improvement, the strategies the site will utilize to attain the improvement, and progress monitor their desired outcomes and results. This team meets frequently throughout the school year to monitor the overall PDSA improvement plan for the school.
- Classroom Learning Systems: Each classroom teacher deploys the Classroom Learning System framework to monitor the level of learning and attainment of individual students utilizing the PDSA short-cycle for improvement process as well as individual student data notebooks.
- Align By Design/Assessments: Teacher teams along with district leaders continue to analyze and revise district curriculum and assessments to ensure that the West Bend School District curriculum and assessments are tightly aligned to the college and career readiness skills that are measured by the Wisconsin State Report Card.
- Instructional Performance Coaching K-6: Literacy and math instructional coaches provide “just in time” coaching around research based instructional strategies for teachers to maximize the learning and achievement potential of students.
