Motivation
- Goal Setting for classrooms and students(ownership), goal cards
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Escalating rewards for classrooms and individuals
- Dress down days for specific growth
- Attendance/Behavioral rewards (4 star students – on time, behavior(2 stars), completed whole test)
- Recognition afterward for goals reached
- Mystery Trip
- Immediate Rewards
- In school celebrations – pep rallies, spirit weeks, students encourage each other-younger to older-, assemblies (recognizing the top and most improved students)
- Home visits to low scoring students
- Bring in all stake holders – parent sessions
- Teacher motivation
- Share the good news – work with PR
- Students graph their own progress
- Competition among classrooms and schools
- Motivational speakers and t-shirts
- Video or lesson with test taking skills
- Posters includes incentives – highest score, most improved
- Discuss the purpose and the importance of the test with students
- Countdown to the test
- Rewarding teachers as well
