Tilton School

1050 N. 9th Street

Rochelle, IL 61068


Dear Parents,


Well, we are trying to get into an educational routine this week that will allow us to maximize instruction time. Besides all the rain it looks like the temperatures are going to cooperate with us as we ease into the fall season. I am looking forward to all the upcoming activities this year that happened during the day and outside the normal school hours. Please contact your child's teacher if you have any questions about his/her activities here at school. Kelly and I are also always available to help in whatever way we can. One of our main goal's this year is to utilize every stakeholder possible to maximize your child's academic and social potential. WE are all in this together, which is what the Tilton Tigers excel at as a school and a community.



Tilton Pride,


Tony Doyle

Tilton Principal






 

2009-10 Annual Review will be coming out soon.

 

TILTON SCHOOL

Annual School Improvement/Internal Review Report

2008-2009


This report is a summary of Tilton School’s 2007-2008 School Improvement Plan. It highlights the following: student needs, performance of students in relation to outcome areas tested at benchmark grades, identified areas of greatest strength, areas needing greatest attention or improvement, and emphasis of efforts for 2008-2009.


Student Needs Identified (2008-2009)

Increase performance on ISAT Reading, concentrating on subscores

Increase performance on ISAT Mathematics, concentrating on subscores

Establish a bench mark goal for 3rd grade writing and increase performance on 5th grade writing scores

Student Performance Trend Data (2006-2008)

ISAT scores represent the percentage of students who scored in the Meets and Exceeds categories.


AREA/GRADE 2006 ISAT 2007 ISAT 2008 ISAT

Reading/3rd 61% 71% 94%

Math/3rd 91% 88% 100%


Science/4th 86% 92% 94%

Reading/4th 78% 85% 86%

Math/4th 81% 94% 94%


Reading/5th 65% 67% 79%

Math/5th 85% 78% 87%



Student Performance Cohort 2008


Current 5th graders Reading Math Science

2007 - as 3rd graders 78 91 NA

2008 - as 4th graders 86 94 94


Current 6th graders

2006 - as 3rd graders 61 91 NA

2007 - as 4th graders 85 94 86

2008 - as 5th graders 79 87 NA


Areas of Strength (2007-2008)

  1. Mathematics in all grades

  2. 4th Grade Science

  3. 3rd and 4th Grade Reading

  4. 5th grade writing scores


Areas Needing Improvement (2008-2009)


  1. vocabulary sub-scores for reading

  2. moving students from meets to exceeds

  3. 5th grade reading


Areas of Emphasis for 2008-2009



  1. Continue guided reading at all grade levels to enhance existing practices.

  2. Build upon on common vocabulary for ISAT testing, Model Classroom Project, subject areas and discipline.

  3. Continued training on ISAT preparation for all third, fourth and fifth grade teachers.

  4. Grade level meetings and SIP days will be utilized to analyze data for instructional improvement and intervention purposes.

  5. Continue our Model Classroom Project (MCP) group trainings to help improve instructional practices.

  6. Use our AIMSWeb data to monitor academic progress and/or decline on a more constant basis for curriculum and delivery services.

  7. Continue to build upon our RTI practices to help teachers with early interventions that can be used for academic progress for both whole group and individual students.

  8. Continue to search for creative ways to provide intervention time for students in need without the loss of curriculum content from another area. Find a balance that has a needed priority.

  9. Identify students who are on or near the cut scores for early and frequent interventions

  10. Increasing our reading strategy practices during Social Studies and Science.

  11. Increasing our parental involvement by way of education, volunteer opportunities and best practices.

  12. To use collaboration time during our SIP days for the enhancement of PLC (professional learning communities) practices.