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Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment

Curriculum

Instruction

Assessment
Newport SD is committed to providing a comprehensive educational program that prepares students to be positive and contributing members of their community, both locally and as a part of an ever-changing, global society.
The Newport SD staff plans and coordinates instruction in order to meet the needs of all students.  Rigorous lessons are intended to engage students, develop both collaborative and independent skills, and become life-long problem solvers through authentic learning.
Newport SD utilizes assessments to verify student understanding and gauge progress toward the PA standards and the district approved curriculum.  Classroom and district-based as well as state/federally required assessments are utilized.

Elementary Curriculum Program

Middle School Curriculum Program

High School Curriculum Program

Assessment

The Newport School District engages in a variety of assessments throughout the course of the school year.  Assessments are provided to verify student understanding gauge progress in regard to attainment of the Pennsylvania adopted standards and the district's adopted curriculum.  We use a variety of assessments to measure this progress and achievement including classroom assessments, district based assessments and state/federally required assessments.

Classroom Assessments

Classroom based assessments are integrated into the structure of each individual classroom and provide the teachers, students, and parents with ongoing feedback on the student's level of understanding.  These assessments will provide small snapshots of achievement as well as ongoing progress for the student.  These assessments include, but are not limited to, items such as informal/oral feedback, assignments, quizzes, tests, projects/products, written work and performance based assessments.  Classroom assessments provide feedback through discussions, rubrics, and graded activities culminating in reporting through the gradebook and report card process.

District Assessments

District Assessments are included throughout the school year and have been adopted at the district level to evaluate curricular programs as well as student progress and achievement across the school district.  These diagnostic and benchmark assessments will be common across level at which they are administered and provide valuable feedback for individual students, class level evaluation, grade level evaluation and district level evaluation.  These assessments are standards driven.

Exact Path Diagnostic Assessment

This diagnostic assessment gives students an opportunity to answer questions and show what they know.  Students are not expected to get all the questions right as the difficulty will raise and lower based on the students' answers.  This will ultimately target exactly where the students are academically and create a learning path to help develop skills to grow!  This diagnostic will be given 2-3 times per school year.

Study Island Benchmark Assessment

This benchmark assessment provides students an opportunity to show what they know in comparison to the standards.  Students will have more difficulty at the beginning of the year as this assessment will provide them with feedback on what they need to learn by the end of the year when they take the PSSA or Keystone exams.  These benchmark assessments will be given 2-3 times per year.

State/Federal Required Assessments

 

Newport School District administers, in accordance with state and federal law, state-wide assessments that are standards based and state developed through the Pennsylvania Department of Education.  These tests include the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment exams (PSSA's) and the Keystone Exams.

 

The PSSA exams are required for grades 3 through 8 and include both English Language Arts and math.  Every student in grades 4 and 8 are also administered a PSSA exam in the area of science.

 

The Keystone Exam are required for students in high school and are assessed based on the state standards in Algebra, Literature and Biology.  Students must complete this exam at the end of the course aligned to those standards, no later than the end of their junior year.

 

The following sites can be utilized to view information about these mandated exams:

 

PSSA

Keystone Exams

PASS Survey (Click Below to Enter Your Code)