Student academic progress is a tool used to inquire about a teacher’s effectiveness in the classroom, as well as, student progress. The purpose of student academic progress is to ensure that teachers are effectively meeting the needs of all their students. The primary goal of this professional practice standard is to provide students with both qualified and effective teachers. The central objective is to use student academic progress data to improve and differentiate teaching practices.
Monitoring Progress
All teachers should monitor their student’s progress throughout the year to determine both their own effectiveness as a teacher and their student growth and development. Teachers can use both their school districts monitoring systems and they can also use the tools provided by organizations like the National Center on Intensive Intervention at American Institutes for Research monitoring program.
Setting Goals
Teachers need to set realistic and individual goals for each of their students in order to effectively meet each student’s development needs. They also need to set goals for themselves to monitor their own progress as teachers. Teachers can use goal monitoring tools provided by their school district or they can use tools made by qualified organizations like TNTP’s “Teacher Goal Setting Guide”.
Record of Pupil Learning
Teachers must keep a record of student academic progress throughout the school year to determine student development. Teachers can do this by implementing pre-tests and post-tests into their curriculum. During my student teaching experience at Bonsack Elementary, I implemented a pre-test/post-test to monitor student academic progress for my two-week unit on probability and patterns to keep a Record of Pupil Learning.
Teachers should use every available tool to measure and monitor student academic progress and student learning. Teachers should also keep records of every student’s academic progress reports to keep track of their growth and development.