I love the idea of a super improvers wall, but I had some trouble figuring out how I could adapt this to high school since I have over 150 students.
I have been giving small common assessments (as I'm sure we all do) and showing the growth from the diagnostic test at the beginning of the year. I put each period's growth up on the wall so it says:
Period 1 12% growth
Period 3 6% growth
Period 4 15% growth
Period 5 24% growth
Period 6 20% growth

In addition, next I am working on calculating individual students who grew the most since thier first assessment. This way anyone has a chance to have their name up with each unit, not just the highest grades. In fact, the lower students tend to show the most growth.
-Angela

Great idea, Angela. Middle school or high school you do have to b a bit creative and adapt WBT to fit secondary kids.

Yes, I haven't figured this one out yet, either. I teach Science, and we don't really do pre- and post-testing.....still noodling this one over...

- Jen

I started my wall 2nd 6 weeks with the students who grew from 1st to 2nd based on report cards. I started it this way as an introduction. From there, I will continue to add stars for behavioral growth as well. I have a basketball themed room and each student's name is put on a bb cut out in the color that corresponds with his or her period.

It has worked pretty well for me. After 5 stars, they get a crazy pic taken and I keep it covered until the next set of 5 stars. So on and so on...


Roxi,
WBT Intern,2011/12
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