Action Item
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Curriculum and Instruction
Action Item |
| DATE: | Tuesday, February 5, 2013 |
| TO: | School Board Members |
| FROM: | MaryEllen Elia, Superintendent |
| SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS | |
| Approve the Recommendation Regarding the Purchase of “PWImpact 7.1” Curriculum from Principle Woods, Inc., LLC (Sole Source Provider) (Curriculum and Instruction Division) | |
| EXECUTIVE SUMMARY | |
| PWImpact 7.1 is a supplemental material used in the Intensive Developmental 2A, 7th grade reading course with students who are mandated to take reading due to their Level 2 score on their FCAT Reading test in the 2011/2012 school year. The program is a 10-week Jumpstart program aligned to the Common Core State Standards and correlated to the reading skills assessed on the 2012/2013 Reading FCAT assessment. The materials include complex text with response to text writing exercises designed to be implemented in three 15-day units. Pre and post assessments are provided for each 15-day unit in addition to individual passage assessments taught throughout the 15-day unit. The assessments focus on both vocabulary and comprehension mastery of skills. Each student will receive five individual 7.1 units of instruction books for the 10-week program. Each of the five student books will include all of the necessary materials for instruction. Teachers will receive a “PW7.1” teacher’s edition for the 10-week Jumpstart program.
Principle Woods, Inc. provides the “PWImpact 7.1” materials and holds the copyright, therefore, is exempt from the solicitation process per Florida Department of Education rule 6A-1.012. |
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| STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES | |
| • Increase promotion rates at all grade levels and the percentage of high school graduates | |
| FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted: Yes) | |
| Budgeted Comprehensive Reading Plan Grant funds, Project 4528, are available in the amount of $69,809.94 for this project year and an additional $100,000 over the next five years. | |
| EVALUATION | |
| Review of FCAT 2.0 student achievement data for Intensive-Development Reading 2A students. | |
| SUBMITTED BY: Lynn Dougherty-Underwood, Director of Literacy, K-12 | |
| Wynne A. Tye | Gretchen Saunders | |
| Assistant Superintendent, Curriculum and Instruction (813) 272-4221 |
Chief Business Officer (813) 272-4270 |
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| A 5.08 | ||
| Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20130205_552 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 5.08 | ||