Through the Looking-Glass

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Through the Looking-Glass

• Barrington Middle School
• Barrington, New Hampshire

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Barringtons AYP History
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Hypothesis

• Multiage teaming plays a part in our 8th grade
  scores exceeding the state average for both our
  identified and non-identified population

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Our Teams

• 6th,7th and 8th grade in three multiage teams
• Heterogeneously grouped in most classes
• Departmentalized 5th grade
• Each team has a reading and a language arts
  teacher

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A Brief History of Barrington Middle Schools
Multiage Program

• First 6th, 7th, 8th multiage team piloted in 2001
• Second 6th, 7th, 8th multiage team created in
  2003
• Final 6th, 7th, 8th multiage team created in 2004

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Why Multiage?

• Continuous improvement
• Depth of relationships
• Longer view for skills improvement
• Reduces discipline problems
• Students are more accepting of each other
• Creates a smooth transition to high school

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Brief History of Reading Instruction

• Reading as a core subject piloted in 2000 and
  adopted school-wide in 2002
• Learn to Read by Reading adopted in all grades in
  2002
• Multiage teams began the Jr. Great Books Reading
  program in 2006
• Houghton Mifflin program adopted for the 5th
  grade in 2007
• Increased direct specialized instruction to
  identified students in 2005
• Reading Interventionist hired to work with
  non-identified at risk students in 2005

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How We Now Teach Reading

• Jr. Great Books program for 6th, 7th and 8th
  grade
• Houghton Mifflin program for 5th grade
• Pull-out full intensive reading instruction at
  all grade levels for identified students
• Intervention for at risk readers in 5th, 6th,
  7th and 8th grade

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A History of Our State and Local Assessment
Spring 08 NECAP NWEA
Fall 07 Necap NWEA
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