Needs+Analysis+Report+-+MM

=  Section 1 - Need Analysis Report   = = Executive Summary  = The Mechanicsburg Area School District Administration wants the Mechanicsburg Middle School 7th grade Math students to raise their PSSA percentage from 92% to 97% proficient. Socio-economic diversity, diversity in student learning styles, retention of learned material and time limitations create a challenge to meet our projected target.

Proficiency percentage for the 2008-2009 PSSA assessments for 7th grade students was the highest in Mechanicsburg history.
In order to meet the directive, we will: - Enhance educator performance by incorporating proven strategies to ensure adequate daily progress is being made for ALL students. - Create effective formative assessments which will increase visibility of student learning on a daily basis for all students.- Increase every student's accountability for their own success. **Learning Opportunity** Math teachers throughout the district will be required to incorporate more effective assessments into their daily lesson plans to ensure effective teaching strategies are working in their classrooms. Effective assessment strategies will help increase students' level of learning and, in turn, will help increase student performance on formal assessments such as the PSSA test.

Identified educators will be provided instruction on the following topics: - Develop effective assessment tools which will determine prior knowledge of specific Mathematical skills - Create instructional material which will assist in learning and retention of math skills - Develop effective assessment tools which can be adapted to accommodate the diversity of all learners - Incoporate effective use of technology to assist in the assessment process - Identify students who require additional assistance Expected Benefits: - Improved educational experience for ALL current learners - Baseline for exceptional teaching strategies for future student populations - Increased student achievement - Increased student self-esteem and appreciation for education - Accolades and recognition as an oustanding educational facility

Audience Analysis
The audience will be all current Mechanicsburg Middle School teachers who provide Math instruction. **Project Design** Training will be led by instructors utilizing asynchronous direct instruction with additional instruction in small groups and one-on-one training as needed. Learners will be provided instruction on various types of assessment prompts including examples of oral response, visual response and written response. Learners will be instructed on which assessment method will provide the most feedback during a given topic of classroom instruction.

Project Success Measures
Administration will include effective use of assessment prompts into their evaluation process when doing teacher observations.

**Out of Scope** This program will not require the purchase of any additional resources by the school district.

Estimated Project Costs
Printed reference materials - $500 1 day per teacher out of classroom - $200 x 3 = $600 1 day of teacher sub pay - $125 x 3 = $375 Total Cost: $1,475