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Goals & Objectives
Goals of PRIME are to—
- Improve student achievement in mathematics for all pre-K-12
students in the Rapid City School
District, and
- Increase and sustain the quality of pre-K-12 teachers of mathematics
in the Rapid City School District
over time.
Objectives of PRIME are to—
- Raise the mathematics achievement of all pre-K-12 students in
the Rapid City School District
according to criteria established by the state of South Dakota.
- Reduce the achievement gap between Native American and non-native
students in the Rapid City School
District.
- Reduce the number of high school students taking non college-preparatory
math by a minimum of 20% over the five-year duration of Project
PRIME.
- Increase the number of students taking upper level mathematics
courses in middle school (algebra) and high school by a minimum
of 20% over the five-year duration of Project
PRIME.
- Increase the number of students scoring 20 or above in the
mathematics section of the ACT by a minimum of 20% over the five-year
duration of Project PRIME
- Improve the ability of pre-service teachers graduating from
Black Hills State University
College of Education to teach mathematics effectively as measured
by the Horizon
Classroom Observation Protocol.
- Improve the ability of in-service teachers in the Rapid
City School District to teach mathematics effectively as measured
by the Horizon Classroom Observation Protocol.

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