Originally Posted by I Teach
For the record - many of these children had +20-38 point gains from fall to spring.
Wow! This is very impressive when you compare to the growth data charts on page 42.
http://pickens.it.schoolfusion.us/m...ssionid=14d1e9266e4482d198ebc39c6e6bc9c3
A second grader with a starting reading RIT of 190 would have a growth estimate of 10.19 (SD 5.78). So many of your second graders have growth 2-4 SDs above the mean for reading. The math numbers are similar too.

What do you think is the difference between the learning opportunities in your classroom and those where children show more typical growth or even less growth than typical?
May we add you to our list of teachers to clone? grin