Mid-Iowa School Improvement Consortium

The following links provide information that members of MISIC have found to be valuable resources:

MISIC Response to the Gap Analysis for the DE Science Iowa Core Curriculum

Area Education Agencies

AEA 1

AEA 267

AEA 8

AEA 11

Great Prairie AEA (15 & 16)

AEA 1's Materials Library Linked to the MISIC Core Curriculum

NWEA - MAP Test

Northwest Evaluation Association Website

Midwest NWEA

Instructional Ladders Database

MISIC Projects

Developing Questioning Skills

This was a MISIC initiated project during the 2006-2007 school year.  It was intended to provide MISIC member schools with a resource to explore and support their interest in addressing all levels of thinking.  Many schools were working on Dagget’s Rigor/Relevance Framework and this work supports attention to RIGOR.

Thinking Skills Web Quest

This was a MISIC initiated project during the 2005-2006 school year.  It was intended to provide MISIC member schools with a resource to explore and support their interest in addressing all levels of student thinking.  Many schools were working on Dagget’s Rigor/Relevance Framework and this work supports attention to RIGOR.

Designing a Standards-Directed School System

This was a MISIC initiated project during the 2006-2007 school year.  It was intended to provide MISIC member schools with a resource to explore and support their interest in addressing changes in their reporting /grading systems.

Exploring a Strength-Based Approach

This was a MISIC initiated project during the 2005-2006 school year.  It was intended to provide MISIC member schools with a resource to explore and support their interest in becoming a standards directed/based school.  During the project, it was discovered that merely changing the grading system without changing the emotional environment, may result in little or no gain.  The study group explored the idea of being strength-based vs. focusing on student deficits’ to make a huge difference in student success.

Performance Assessment Tasks

This was a MISIC initiated project during the 2005-2006 school year.  It was intended to provide MISIC member schools with a resource to explore and support their interest in addressing more rigor and relevance in work for students.  Many schools were working on Dagget’s Rigor/Relevance Framework and this work supports attention to RELEVANCE.