Delta RSI Project Commitment: Professional Learning Communities Contact Person: Brenda Nixon PRIORITY AREAS Establishing professional learning communities. ACTION STEPS Conduct workshop(s) for RSI field staff and others to provide them with information about professional learning communities. Field staff will work with schools (intensive sites) to form professional learning communities.   Project Commitment: Systemic Alignment Contact Person: Brenda Nixon PRIORITY AREAS How do we measure what matters? ACTION STEPS Conduct workshop for field staff based on monograph distributed at Session II: Criteria for Alignment of Expectations and Assessments in Math/Science Education. Field staff work with intensive sites based on the step above.   Project Commitment: Tracking Student Performance Contact Person: Brenda Nixon PRIORITY AREAS Formative assessment - Using the results to inform the process of implementation in all areas R&D - Capitalizing on the research & development intensive site schools to better identify correlates that improve student learning within the context of the Delta. ACTION STEPS Examine the data collected more carefully. Tease out the implications and report these results in meaningful, palatable formats - sound bytes. Produce a "Results Report" so others are informed of progress. Enjoining the broader community to address the correlates and empower the community to take action. Back to Commitments>>

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