CP Blog Entry #6: Is your initial data supporting or not supporting your change project goal?

As stated in blog entry #2, my goal is that "within a few years, my entire school would be participating in the APTT and hopefully finding that our student assessment scores have increased as well. By using this model, it should be evident that time spent conferencing will decrease, while parent involvement and overall student assessment scores will increase."

I believe my initial data is supporting my Change Project goal.

At this time, I have 31 members of the APTT, which we are calling the Meadow Park Power Team. Twenty-five of those members are teachers just about split evenly from K-2 and 3-5. The initial comments I am hearing from teachers are that they are excited to try something new and meet with the parents as a group on a regular basis throughout the year. As far as assessment data is concerned, there will always be room for improvement. So far, i-Ready scores are showing at least one weak area in Reading and in Mathematics at this initial testing phase for most classes. A few of the honors classes are showing even scores, but the teachers know the areas where the scores will fall during the school year.