Thornapple Kellogg Schools
Ensuring Student Success!
We are committed to developing the best possible curricular opportunities for the students of Thornapple Kellogg Schools. As a result, we continually work to meet and exceed state and national standards by aligning to local, state, and national content expectations. Our school improvement process has evolved to include a systemic process for annually evaluating the need for change and improvement.
In order to ensure continued growth relative to student achievement, teachers and administrators work together to align curriculum, instruction, and assessment. At Thornapple Kellogg, we use a variety of common assessments, including the following: MEAP, Michigan Merit Exam (MME), Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI), Dibels, Michigan Literacy Progress Profile (MLPP), and Response to Intervention (RTI). In addition, the Board of Education has adopted the use of the Kent County Collaborative Core Curriculum (KC4) to guide instruction in our classrooms. The data derived from these assessments serves to drive our instruction through a collaborative process. Our teachers and administrators regularly assemble to discuss best practices, as well as intervention strategies, based on the assessment results.
Thanks to the dedication of our teachers, support staff, administration, and our students, we continue to rank high in MEAP scores as compared to surrounding districts, as well as those districts in the Kent ISD, of which we are a part. Please feel free to call our office with any questions regarding curriculum and instruction.