Meeting Minutes 11/19

AGENDA
Ending Earth Science
Recovery for students currently failing
Planning ahead for forces and motion



Earth science results -- students did well overall on the DCA compared to the district average.  Students struggled on #4 due to problematic wording and diagram.  Students who scored lower than proficient on the DCA were given the chance to take a different test over Earth Science to boost their grade.  This second test was an exact duplicate of the pretest we gave at the beginning of the unit, allowing us to determine growth.

Some students failing the class have been put into an intervention class.  These students will be brought up to a 59.5% D- pending a successful completion of the the intervention.  Students will also have several major grades upcoming to help boost their grades further.  Many of the students currently failing are missing a lot of school and classtime, hindering their opportunity for success.

Forces and motion will begin in force next week, and students are already starting on velocity problems.  Students are struggling significantly even with simple multiplication and division, indicating that this will be a difficult unit for them to get through.  The egg drop and other activities will help break up the math-centric unit.