Early in the school year, I told my students that our first goal-In ELA(English/Language Arts) was to reach District-Level performance and then perform above that level. I didn’t want them to be the best class in their school but in the District.

Mind you, this is a group which started at 56 percent pass rate, 43 percent Proficiency(Barely), and 6 percent Mastery. 

With that being said, It’s been a challenging year–with many ups and downs. The kids were far below district-level at the middle of the year after starting strong. I wasn’t very happy but if the Leader panics, then the troops will.

As I prepared them for the RLA Benchmark, I pressed them to increase their performance and Dominate.

After the scores were populated, my students had got back on track and more. 81 percent passed/61 percent Proficiency/31.25 percent Masters. 

Today, I found out that my students performed better than I thought. I received a document which showed that 81.25 percent passed, /75 percent were Proficient, and 44 percent Mastered. To further highlight the scores, the district average for Mastery is 15 percent, so my kids were 29 percent above the district…Phenomenal. 

Now, I have to keep pushing and make sure that they Dominate!!!

Set The Target…Meet The Target!!!

Be Phenomenal, Mr.Short