Dear Logan Families.
Happy Friday! Before we head into the weekend, I wanted to send two quick updates.
Asynchronous Wednesday Clarification
On Monday, I sent an announcement about the district decision to eliminate Wednesday morning meetings. I want to clarify one point. This decision means our classroom teachers will not have any whole-group synchronous sessions on Wednesdays. However, this does NOT mean that there will not be synchronous small-group sessions on Wednesdays. Logan service provides as well classroom teachers may be scheduling small-group sessions with your children. If you had a previously scheduled Wednesday session with one of our staff members, please assume that that session will still occur unless you hear directly from your teacher or service provider.
State Mandated Testing Update
On Tuesday, all AAPS families received information from Dawn Linden, Assistant Superintendent for Teaching and Learning, about state mandated assessments. We will be administering the Reading NWEA Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) for students in grades 3-5 and the Math NWEA MAP for students in grades 2-5. We will administer a locally identified math assessment for students in grades K-1 and we will use Lexia to assess reading for students in grades K-2.
I want to assure you that this should NOT be a stressful event for your child in any way. These assessments are being administered over the next two weeks, and we will work to minimize the disruption caused by them. Most (if not all) of our classroom teachers have already communicated a testing schedule to families. We ask that you allow your children to complete these tests independently. While they are intended to be very low stakes, they do provide us with important information about your child’s learning needs. A test completed without any help gives us the most accurate picture of your child. Thank you in advance for accommodating this request.
I hope that you have a wonderful weekend. As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions or concerns.
Sincerely,
Will Wright
