Objective #1 - 2006-2007

By June 1, 2007, as a result of teacher collaboration and planning, as well as direct instruction and classroom based activities, 95% of all students in grade four will demonstrate an improvement in analyzing non-fiction text in science and in generating written responses to open ended questions in that content area.  The increase will be evaluated using a locally developed pre-test in September of 2006 and a locally developed post-test in May, 2007.  Students will demonstrate an increase of one point or a score of four based on the NJ State Open Ended Scoring Rubric.  

Objective #2 - 2006-2007

By June 1, 2007, as a result of teacher collaboration and planning, as well as direct instruction and classroom based activities, 95% of all students in grade five will demonstrate an improvement in analyzing non-fiction text in science and in generating written responses to open ended questions in that content area.  The increase will be evaluated using a locally developed pre-test in September of 2006 and a locally developed post-test in May, 2007.  Students will demonstrate an increase of one point or a score of four based on the NJ State Open Ended Scoring Rubric.