Best gem of all

A follow-on from my previous post about digging deep to find gems, well.......I have saved the best.
for last.

This 4 credit Statistics standard worth 4 literacy/numeracy credits shows that 85% of my students attained a MERIT grade compared to 27% nationally and 17% across Decile 1 schools. This standard is NOT commonly taught at all schools to all students as it is deemed as too academic for some.


Possible reasons for this impressive result could be a combination of:

Teacher belief in the student's ability
Goal setting
The deliberate use of Literacy strategies
Teacher-created teaching and learning strategies
Contextual Teaching and learning
Easy access to all online resources via Google Calendar/Sites
Use of Tracking sheets to "manage self" and monitor progress

Digging deep to find gems

In the table below there is a comparison of my 2017 Data with my two 2018 classes this year. A huge improvement is noted in 11MAT 4 where 69% of the class have numeracy compared to 39% the previous year and 45% in my other class.

Credits	2017	2018 MAT 4	2018 MAT 5
0 credits (Maori)	0%	0%	70%
1 std away from Numeracy (Maori)	0%	0%	0%
Numeracy (Maori)	100%	100%	30%
Numeracy (Whole class)	39%	69%	45%
Numeracy cross curricula (Whole class)	47%	69%	48%

I dug a little deeper into the data and found a few gems which I am happy to share.

In my y11 class, for Algebra worth 3 numeracy credits, 50% got a MERIT grade compared to 27% Nationally and 19% across decile 1 schools.

For Bivariate statistics worth 3 literacy/numeracy credits, 36% of my students got a MERIT grade compared to 27% Nationally and 19% across decile 1 schools. Quality of grade is definitely on the increase and is a result of goal setting prior to learning about each standard. Most students chose to work at a merit grade and they have reaped the rewards. In addition, the deliberate use of literacy strategies and teacher-created teaching and learning strategies have all helped reach this success.

Looming deadlines

Some analysis since my last blog which was the final week of term 3; we have about 3 weeks to consolidate learning and achievement in term 4 for our seniors before they sit their national external exams and 22% showed up to the double maths period today which was first thing in the morning. 11% arrived after morning tea and the remaining 67% have not shown up at all.
It is a disappointing start to the term and hopefully will increase dramatically by tomorrow so that learning and achievement can be maximised and looming deadlines can be met.