Academy Math Compacting Pilot

Curriculum Compacting: A process for differentiating curriculum based on a student's prior mastery of unit objectives

When you compact curriculum, you streamline the material based on a student's prior mastery of the unit objectives.

why is it important

Students who...

• May be 1-2 years above the core curriculum of their grade level
• May know a good portion of the material before it is taught
• May not know the material in advance, but may learn it more rapidly and with fewer repetitions

We want students to...

• Learn vs. Show what they know
• Appropriate struggle (learning requires effort)
• Experience failure as a normal part of learning

Every child
deserves to learn something new
in school every day.

Essentials of Compacting

• Assessment
• Documentation
• Replacement

What we did...

Assessment

• Assessed a small number of students
• SBAC scale scores, teacher rating, CoGAT and NPA
• Curriculum-Based Assessment (EngageNY Mid- & End-of-Module Tests as Pre-tests)

Documentation

• Compacting Form
• Learning objectives and standards
• Academic and behavioral expectations

Replacement

• Advanced math resources
• Mathematical explorations
• Enrichment
• Extension
• Acceleration

Three Types of Replacement

What made this work

• Cooperation between teachers
• Enrichment Teacher provided resources & time, and oversaw the process
• Classroom Teacher maintained understanding of gaps that may exist in students understanding of core curriculum

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• Begin with the needs of students
• Determine how to meet them

Questions?

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other projects

Some students know 50-80% of the grade-level content before we teach it.