Organization Name:
Desert Sands Unified School District
Remediation Program Title:
CAHSEE Support and Review Course: English-Language Arts/Math
Subject Matter:
English-Language Arts and Math
Abstract:
The course is composed of four-week intensive support and review sessions beginning in mid-August targeting incoming grade 12 students. This model continues throughout the school year in various forms: before, during, and after school. Special Day Class students work in small groups with special education staff; the support class incorporates all accommodations and modifications that would be used on the CAHSEE. English learners work in small-group settings. Globe Fearon’s Meeting the California Challenge: English-Language Arts is provided to each student in the ELA course. Meeting the California Challenge: Math is provided for each student in the math course. Longitudinal test data with multiple disaggregations are provided to staff. Strand-gap analysis is provided at the district, site, and classroom levels.
The program is designed for grade 12 students who are within 25 points of passing the CAHSEE.
Target Audiences:
Grade 12 students, English learners, special education students, and eligible grades 9 and 10 students if space is available
Typical Instructional Setting:
Classroom with 11-18 students
Diagnostic Assessment Used:
- Results from all previous CAHSEE administrations for students in remediation
- Globe Fearon diagnostic assessment
- Writing sample
Curriculum Used:
ELA:
- Meeting the California Challenge: ELA (Globe Fearon)
- Preparing for the CAHSEE: An English-Language Arts Study Guide (California Department of Education)
- Writer’s Workshop CD-Rom and online access: Santa Clara County Office of Education
. - Step Up to Writing (Sopris West Educational Services)
Math:
- Meeting the California Challenge: Math (Globe Fearon)
- Preparing for the CAHSEE: A Mathematics Study Guide (California Department of Education)
- “Take the Test” online access and CD-Rom: Santa Clara County Office of Education
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Contact Information:
Cathy Doyle
District Project Facilitator for Assessment and Accountability
Desert Sands Unified School District
47-950 Dune Palms Road
La Quinta, CA 92253
760-771-8667
cathy.doyle@dsusd.us
