Educational Proficiency Plan (EPP)
Part I. Student Information/Assessment Data
District:
School:
Newton
Newton South High School
Date Initiated:
Student:
SASID:
Grade:
Date Last Modified:
6/28/16
Last, First
10 digits
9
Counselor:
This Educational Proficiency Plan is for this/these Content Area(s) -- check those that apply:
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Student MCAS Pre-Educational Plan Test Data: (Access school data and print out if applicable)
ELA course and/or
MATH course and/or
assessment
assessment
MCAS Grade 10 results
Grade 10 course/ final grade
Other assessment results
Part II. Overall Student Plan – Content Specific
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS
Complete the rubrics below to indicate student strengths/weaknesses.
Departmental Goal: Students will read broadly. Corresponds to state standards: 4, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17
Please rate the amount you have observed the student reading independently. (Circle the appropriate
choice).
None
Minimal
Fair Amount
Quite a bit
Departmental Goal: Students will read deeply. Corresponds to state standards: 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15
From your observations, please rate the student’s ability to analyze a piece of literature.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Departmental Goal: Students will use their reading to make sense of their own lives and the world around
them. Corresponds to state standards: 9
From your observations, please rate the student’s ability to use literature to make meaning in his/her own
life.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Departmental Goal: Students’ writing, in various genres, will exhibit a controlling idea supported by
detail, logical organization, a distinctive voice, appropriate word choice, sentence variety, and appropriate
mechanical usage. Corresponds to state standards: 19, 21, 23
From your experience with the student’s writing, please rate his/her ability to express a clear, interesting
main idea and to support it with detail.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
From your experience with the student’s writing, please rate his/her ability to organize ideas.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
From your experience with the student’s writing, please rate his/her ability to express him- or herself with a
distinctive personal voice.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
From your experience with the student’s writing, please rate his/her ability to choose vivid and appropriate
words.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
From your experience with the student’s writing, please rate his/her ability to use a variety of sentence
structures fluently.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
From your experience with the student’s writing, please rate his/her ability to use appropriate English
conventions and formatting.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Indicate below additional strengths/weakness related to English Language Arts. These can include
observations from students and counselor, as well as other information relevant to the student’s
performance in ELA.
English Language Arts - If completing the supplemental assessment rubric, please check here
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Please note the grade appropriate courses that will help this student in moving toward proficiency in
English language arts and achieving his or her postsecondary goals:
Year
English language arts
Recommended
Coursework
Did the student
successfully complete
the course?
Yes
No
Yes
No
Annual Assessment(s)
to measure progress
Student demonstrates
progress towards proficiency
on the assessment
Yes
Date:
Yes
Date:
Jr. Year
Sr. Year
No
No
MATHEMATICS
Based on MCAS results and classwork, complete the rubrics below to indicate student
strengths/weaknesses.
Strand: Number Sense (State standards 10.N.1 through 10.N.4)
Please rate the student’s ability to simplify numerical expressions including those with absolute value and
positive integer exponents.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Please rate the student’s ability to estimate expressions including those with square and cube roots.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Strand: Patterns, Relations, and Algebra (State standards 10.P.1-10.P.8)
Please rate the student’s ability to solve linear equations.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Please rate the student’s ability to work with linear functions (graph functions, develop equations for linear
functions from graphs and written descriptions, use the concept of slope, model with linear functions).
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Please rate the student’s ability to manipulate polynomials (combine like terms, simplify rational basic
rational expressions, factor).
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Please rate the student’s ability to solve quadratic equations by factoring and using the quadratic formula.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Strand: Geometry (State Standards 10.G.1-10.G.11)
Please rate the student’s ability to identify characteristics of geometry figures and develop mathematical
arguments about geometric relationships.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Please rate the student’s ability to apply and identify geometric transformations and symmetry.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Please rate the student’s ability to apply coordinate geometry (i.e., midpoint, distance, slope).
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Strand: Measurement (Stand Standards 10.M.1-10.M.4)
Please rate the student’s ability to calculate perimeter, circumference and area of geometric figures.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Please rate the student’s ability to calculate surface area and volume of geometric figures.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Exceptional
Please rate the student’s ability to relate changes to one attribute in a geometric figure to other attributes.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Strand: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (State Standards 10.D.1-10.D.3)
Please rate the student’s ability to create and interpret graphical (box plots, scatterplots, etc. and numerical
(measures of center, etc.) representations of data.
Rudimentary
Beginning
Advanced B.
Intermediate
Advanced I.
Exceptional
Indicate below additional strengths/weakness related to Mathematics. These can include observations
from students and counselor, as well as other information relevant to the student’s performance in
Mathematics.
Mathematics
Strengths:
Weaknesses:
Please note the grade appropriate courses that will help this student in moving toward proficiency in
mathematics and achieving his or her post-secondary goals:
Year
Math
Recommended
Coursework
Did the student
successfully complete
the course?
Yes
No
Yes
No
Annual
Assessment(s) to
measure progress
Jr. Year
Sr. Year
Student demonstrates
progress towards proficiency
on the assessment
Yes
Date:
Yes
Date:
No
No
PART III: Communication
Please note when and how parents/guardians received communication from the school about this
Educational Proficiency Plan.
Date (mm/dd/yyyy):
Contacted by (name):
Letter
Phone
In-person Meeting
E-mail
Please note when student received communication from the school about the details of the Educational
Proficiency Plan (including expectations for coursework and assessment).
In-person meeting (Date):
School Personnel Present at the meeting:
Provide below additional comments/notes as needed regarding communication with parents/guardians
and/or the student on this plan.
PART IV: Completion Verification (print to complete this portion of the form)
EPP Completion Verification Section (required):
This student has completed all requirements of his/her plan
Yes
No
Principal or headmaster (or designee) name (printed):
_______________________________
Principal or headmaster (or designee) signature:
_____________ ____ _
_Date: _______
OPTIONAL SECTION V:
ADDITIONAL SUPPORTS and LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
List activities/programs that student is taking part in to complete and support this plan (e.g., tutoring,
academic support, AVID [Advancement Via Individual Determination], study groups, etc.):
Describe any other additional courses or supports that the student will participate in to reach or make
progress toward proficiency and college and career readiness including special education services, ELL
services, etc.:
Describe other MassCore recommended additional learning opportunities in which the student will
participate:
Additional Learning Opportunity
Advanced Placement (AP)
Capstone or Senior Project
Dual Enrollment: courses taken for both high school
and college credit
Online course for high school or college credit
Service Learning
Work-based Learning
Grade