| The curriculum in math and ELA are aligned well to standards and used consistently across the elementary and the secondary schools. | Other content areas, such as science and social studies, seem inconsistent in alignment and implementation according to the focus groups. |
| Students are expected and able to articulate their thinking about how they solved a problem and/or completed a task. Thinking strategies have been successfully taught to students. | More engagement strategies and/or formative checks for understanding could be intentionally planned and utilized to keep all students engaged throughout all parts of the lesson. |
| In both the elementary and secondary, scaffolding is in place to meet the academic, physical, and social emotions needs of each student. | Teachers could encourage more positive behaviors and keep students engaged and focused by explicitly pointing out observed expected learning behaviors and strategies. |
| Across the district, systems are in place for using the assessment data to fill in learning gaps. For both math and ELA, students participate in WIN clubs to ensure they get what they missed. | It would benefit students for instructors to intentionally plan more opportunities for students to interact with each other in their learning process. |
