CURRICULUM, INSTRUCTION, AND ASSESSMENT
Katrina Sacco - Ph.D
Assistant Superintendent of Academic and Special Services
928-472-5754
PUSD EL TEACHERS
Pati Acosta – PES EL Teacher
Donna Moore – JRE EL Teacher
Dana Burnett – RCMS EL Teacher
Brittney Hancock – PHS EL Teacher and District AZELLA Coordinator
Areas:
- Assessment (District and State)
- AVID District Director
- Curriculum
- English Learner Program
- Federal Programs
- Gifted Program
- Instruction
- Preschool Program
- School Improvement
- Special Education
ASSESSMENTS - STATE TESTING
- AASA and ACT Â are the statewide achievement tests for Arizona students. Arizona public school students in Grades 3-8 Â will take the grade-level AASA assessments in English Language Arts and Mathematics and 11th graders will take the ACT.
- AZSCI – Currently for students in grades 5, 8, and 11.
DISTRICT TESTING - BENCHMARK ASSESSMENTS
Benchmark assessments track progress made throughout the school year. When intervention or remediation is indicated on the benchmark assessment in Reading and Math, the principal, teachers, and reading specialists have a menu of interventions that will help students achieve grade-level proficiency in Reading and Math.
ARIZONA LAW ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDUCATION:
English Language Education (ARS15-752). Subject to the exceptions provided in section 15-753, all children in Arizona public schools shall be taught English by being taught in English and all children shall be placed in English language classrooms. Children who are English learners shall be educated through sheltered English immersion during a temporary transition period not normally intended to exceed one year. Local schools shall be permitted but not required to place in the same classroom English learners of different ages but whose degree of English proficiency is similar.
IMPORTANT LINKS
ADOPTED CURRICULUM BY GRADE LEVEL
- Wonders by MHE K-5 ELA
- My Math by MHE K-5 Math
- Elevate Science by Savvas 3rd- 5 Science
- Reveal by MHE 6-8 Math
- StudySync by MHE 6-8 ELA
- Reveal by MHE 9-12 Math
- Science Dimensions by HMH 6-12 Science
- Social Studies 6-12 by Class: MyWorld Interactive American History
- High School US History Interactive
- High School World History Interactive
- Magruder's American Government Interactive
- Economics
- My Perspectives by Savvas 6-8 grade ELA
