RSU 4 strives to create and maintain our curriculum that is:

• Collaboratively designed,

• Standards-referenced,

• Coordinated and connected across grade levels and content areas,

• Informed by research, student learning data, and future trends,

• Focused on high expectations for student learning and is mindful of individual student learning needs and pathways,

• Regularly developed, amended, and improved,

• Aligned with assessments and quality instruction, and

• A guide for parents, students, community members, and teachers.

Please note: Curriculum Maps are being reviewed at each grade level during the SY23-24 school year. As they are updated, they will be posted here. To access previous curriculum maps, see the folder or PowerSchool standards on your child's progress report.

• Previous Year's Curriculum Maps

• Current Curriculum Maps

RSU 4 strives for instruction that provides:

• A purposeful learning intention that is known to students,

• Productive struggle and engagement for students, and

• Alignment to standards and transfers to student learning.

Guiding Principles ~ General Information

Habits of Work Rubric

Grading System Information

PowerSchool Parent Portal

Current School Year Schoolwide Goals

Homeschool Instruction:

Letter of Intent Form

Policy ~ IHGB (Homeschooling)

Policy ~ IHGBA (Participation in School Programs)

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

ESSA Information Page (Title I Instruction)

RSU 4 collects and screens several pieces of data during the gifted and talented screening process, including teacher, parent, and student referrals, NWEA results, and CogAT results. Additional data collected may include, but is not limited to other standardized assessments, screening checklists, classroom observation, interviews, and work samples.

General Information

RSU #4 GT Plan ~ Academic & Visual & Performing Arts

Academics:

• Parent Referral Form

• Student (Self) Referral Form

Visual & Performing Arts

• Music Referral Form

• Art Referral Form

RSU #4 Policy ~ IHBB

Chapter 104: Educational Programs for GT Students

Chapter 311: Gifted and Talented Students

CogAT Information (GT Testing)

DOE Website for Accelerated Learners

General Information

RSU #4 Policy ~ IHBEA-R: LAU Plan

RSU #4 Policy ~ IHBEA: Program for ELL

DOE Website for ESOL

School Year 2023-2024 NWEA Data

RSU 4 strives to have assessments that:

• Measure student growth along a learning progression,

• Demonstrate evidence of meeting success criteria toward standards, and

• Inform students, parents, teachers, and the district.

Assessment Calendar

Overview of Assessments

Balanced & Comprehensive Assessment Systems

NWEA Overview Graphic

Structure of the Maine Through Year Assessment

Key Features of the Maine Through Year Assessment

MEA (NWEA) Parent Letter For Current School Year

Parent Opt-Out Form

NAEP Parent Letter for Current School Year

DOE Website for State Assessments

Spring 2023 Maine Through Year Assessment Data Results

Spring 2023 MEA Science