Assignment:
SLP
Student Achievement, Accountability, and Community Partnerships
The Module 4 readings provide you with a brief background on issues related to student achievement, accountability, and community partnerships. The goal of this assignment is to explore these areas at your current work site. Locate a recent accountability report regarding your school's student academic achievement. In a 3 to 5 page paper, assess whether or not the accountability measures utilized in the report provide an accurate representation of your school site. Identify and discuss one area where the school is excelling. Identify and discuss one area where the school needs to improve. Next, identify one area that is not addressed in the report, but you feel should have been explored further (either because it demonstrates an area of success or an area that needs improvement). Lastly, evaluate whether or not your school site involves the community or encourages community partnerships. How has this affected student performance?
SLP Assignment Expectations
Your paper will be assessed on the following criteria:
Assignment-driven criteria: Demonstrates mastery covering all key elements of the assignment in a substantive way.
Scholarly writing: Demonstrates mastery and proficiency in scholarly written communication to an appropriately specialized audience.
Quality of references and organization: Demonstrates mastery using relevant and quality sources and uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to support ideas, and convey understanding of the topic and shape the work.
Citing sources: Demonstrates mastery using in-text citations or sources and properly uses APA format including a full reference list.
Critical thinking/Application to professional practice: Demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem, and viewpoints and assumptions of experts are analyzed, synthesized, and evaluated thoroughly. Conclusions are logically presented and applied to professional practice in an exceptional manner.