Rolling Hills Middle School

Principal's Corner Sep 24, 2015

Our SBAC scores are in!  This year’s scores are better thought of as a starting point or baseline for the progress we expect students to make over time. We see these tests as an academic checkup. Similar to class assignments and report cards, they are just one measurement in a set of tools on student progress used to provide you and your child’s teacher(s) with information about your student’s work toward the high goals we have set.

The assessment results indicate our students performed well in some content areas and need more support in other content areas. We expect to see both individual and district student achievement growth in subsequent administrations of the CAASPP assessments.

Once the official results are received, your child’s teacher(s) will use them to help set learning goals for his/her students this year.  A copy of the results will also be sent to you in mid-October. 

Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) are here at RHMS! Our 7th & 8th grade science teachers have the honor of piloting the latest technology based work with Lawrence Hall of Sciences. As California starts the transition to these new standards, we will be sure to do a combination of both current standards and upcoming standards. This is the same philosophy we used in preparing our students for the change from CST to SBAC testing- and our SBAC results have been fabulous! We will maintain high expectations for Science assessment results in 2017.

Have a great weekend,

Cynthia Dodd

Principal RHMS