Project Arrow and Accelerated Math



Project Arrow and Accelerated Math

Elementary Identification Timeline 2010-11

| |Accelerated Math |Project Arrow |

|September- | |Otis-Lennon School Ability Test administered to all students in Grades 2 and 5 |

|November | |Notification of PA evaluation procedures |

|December | |Letters sent home from schools to parents of Grade 1-5 students recommended to |

| | |participate in testing for the Project Arrow Program |

|January | |Letters sent to parents of all 5th grade Accelerated Math students regarding math |

| | |placement tests (Iowa Algebra Tests & Differential Aptitude Tests) for Grade 6 |

| | |PA Math |

| | |Selected elementary students participate in PA testing (Stanford Achievement Test |

| | |and/or Otis-Lennon School Ability Test) |

|February |Letters sent home to parents of 2nd -5th grade students regarding |IAAT/DAT Testing for Grade 6 PA Math |

| |permission to participate in Accelerated Math Testing | |

|March |Placement tests for Accelerated Math administered to all Grade 2 and 3 and|Illinois Standards Achievement Test (ISAT) (Grades 3-5) |

| |selected Grade 4 – 5 students | |

|April |Letters sent home to parents of students qualifying for Accelerated Math |Letters sent home to parents of students qualifying for Project Arrow at the |

| |for the upcoming school year |elementary and middle school for the upcoming school year (Grades 2-5) |

| |(Grades 3-5) | |

|Summer | |Elementary PA students placed in cluster classrooms for the upcoming school year |

Purpose of Standardized Assessment Instruments:

o Differential Aptitude Tests – mathematical aptitude

o Illinois Standards Achievement Test-individual student achievement relative to the Illinois Learning Standards

o Iowa Algebra Tests – mathematical aptitude

o Otis-Lennon School Ability Test – abstract thinking and reasoning

o Stanford Achievement Test – academic knowledge in reading and mathematics

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