Recommendations for school communities (cont'd):
Academic Rigor
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Align curricula to be at least as rigorous as the statewide assessments.
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Provide a variety of academic options to address needs from remediation to enrichment, so all children meet at least minimal standards, and most are engaged by intriguing academic challenges.
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Specifically, create ramp-up, catch-up programs for students who transfer in from other schools or states, for those who have fallen behind, but especially for those already scoring at the lowest level on the statewide tests.
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Support the Response To Intervention (RTI) process. It has proven success, but is often under-resourced.
