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=Communication Arts Cadre= ====**Skaith SIP Goal #1**: Skaith Elementary will close the achievement gap for F/R students compared to non-F/R students. There will be no more than a 10% gap between these subgroups as demonstrated by the percentage of students in the upper 2 levels of Communication Arts MAP, while the total percentage of students in the upper 2 levels of Communication Arts MAP will outperform the state average by at least 10%.====

**Progress Toward Goal**

 * 2006-2007** Baseline

34% F/R 70% Non-F/R 43% Skaith 46% State


 * 2007-2008** Targets not met

32% F/R 45% Non-F/R 39% Skaith 46% State

**Overview**
We have focused our last seven years of professional development on reading and writing. Even though we have experienced continual change in our staff members during this time, we have implemented the workshop model for both communication arts areas. This instructional best practice provides Skaith students with the differentiated instruction they need to improve their reading and writing skills. While our intense focus has shifted to another curricular area, the principal will continue to monitor the implementation of this practice and the instructional coach will assist new faculty members in understanding and using the workshop model. K-2 teachers will learn more about and begin implementation of the phonemic awareness component of the balanced literacy framework. Additionally, the Communication Arts cadre will begin studying the use of and the benefits of an assessment wall in the area of Guided Reading.