Moving Readers to Proficiency

MOVING READERS TO PROFICIENCYUsing ReadingPlus to motivate and encourage student achievement

HCHS DEMOGRAPHICS Hancock Co., Kentucky (Lewisport)

On the Ohio River halfway between Louisville, KY and Evansville, IN

Small, rural county with plenty of industry Over 1600 students in the district – 2 elementary

schools, 1 middle school and 1 high school HCHS had 475 students in 09/10 and currently

has 487 enrolled for 10/11

HANCOCK CO. HIGH SCHOOL

Less than 5% minority 35% Free and Reduced

population (would qualify for more…)

45 to 55% of our students go on to college

STATE ACCOUNTABILITY TEST COMPARISONREADING TEST

KCCT Reading PLAN Reading ACT ReadingLexile Level 950 1340 1460Grade Level 6.0 13.5+ 13.5++

•Average Incoming Freshman Lexile = 914.2 (As Of September 10, 2010)•That is a 6.0 Grade Level reading ability.

•With active reading instruction, students MAY increase 100 Lexile points per year. (High estimate based on Cross-Curricular Reading Instruction.)•Average growth per year in high school is 50 lexile points or .5 grade level per year. (source: MetraMetrics research)•By the March ACT junior year, projected Lexile level would be 1214.2.

•Still 200 Lexile points BELOW the ACT reading exam.So, what are WE doing?

READING PROGRAMS Our SBDM passed a policy (Summer 2005)

that required ANY student not reading at grade level to take a Reading Class in addition to the required Language Arts class.• 9th Grade Students who are tested and

considered more than one year below Reading Level.

• Reading students remain in reading classes each year until they “test out”

HOW IT ALL BEGAN Former student surveys indicated need for

more reading Two years of reading course with no

curriculum and no textbooks yielded poor results-TABE Test, too many failures-KCCT Reading, yo-yo effect-ACT Reading scores below National Average

Saw the need for something new and innovative

READING CURRICULUMReading class curriculum consists of: The Seven Keys to Comprehension by Susan

Zimmerman and Chryse Hutchins Intensive Vocabulary Instruction

Year One = Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes Year Two = Hot Words for the SAT

Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)

Reading Plus

PLACEMENT PROCEDURES SBDM Policy 3.03 – Revised August 2008 Based on EPAS (EXPLORE, PLAN, ACT) Data

Benchmarks for College/Career Readiness

Based on RTI legislation, the bottom 20% of students not meeting these benchmarks must be remediated at Tier II – these students go into the class.

This is ABOVE & BEYOND state regulation.

Test Incoming 9th

Incoming 10th

Incoming 11th

Incoming 12th

EXPLORE 15 - - -PLAN - 18 18 -ACT - - - 21KCCT Pro./Dis. - Pro./Dis. -

EXAMPLE DATA All EPAS DATA is entered into an EXCEL

Workbook for use in multiple departments for RTI, Classroom Instruction, and Scheduling purposes.

Green indicates students who meet their benchmark.

Yellow indicates students in the top 80% of those NOT meeting the benchmark. (Tier I – classroom remediation and monitoring)

Red indicates the bottom 20% placed in a Reading course and Tier II intervention.

Microsoft Office Excel 97-2003 Worksheet

READING ACROSS CONTENT AREAS

LEAD-independent and group reading/discussion

Classroom thinking strategies (see packet)

Summer PD 2010

Independent reading projectsMicrosoft Office

Word 97 - 2003 DocumentMicrosoft Office

Word 97 - 2003 DocumentMicrosoft Office

Word 97 - 2003 DocumentMicrosoft Office Word Document

READING RESULTS Results!! Kentucky Core Contest Test (State

Assessment)

Student Scores range from Novice-Low, Novice-Mid, Novice-High, Apprentice-Low, Apprentice-Mid, Apprentice-High, Proficient and Distinguished

In 2009, 84.1% of our sophomores scored Proficient or Distinguished!

Only 10 students scored less than Apprentice-High with ONE Novice!

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009Reading 90.3 93.9 98.96 95.2 103.72

HCHS ACADEMIC SUCCESS (ACT) ACT Comparison (HCHS Graduates)

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010English 19.5 20.3 20.0 21.2 19.2 18.9

Math 19.4 20.5 20.1 22.0 18.8 19.8Reading 20.3 20.7 20.9 22.4 20.1 20.0Science 19.5 20.0 20.9 21.6 19.5 19.9

Composite 19.7 20.5 20.7 22.0 19.5 19.7Number of graduates

% Taking ACT10570.0%

10070.0%

9580.0%

12360.2%

122100%

104100%

WHAT READINGPLUS IS An internet based, differentiated reading

program

A tool for struggling, adequate, AND advanced students

A comprehension program

A fluency program

A homework tool for independent readers

WHAT READINGPLUS IS NOT

A complete reading curriculum

A replacement for direct reading instruction

A substitute for sustained silent reading

An unstructured free time for students

OBSTACLES WE FACEDLab space

Funding

Buy-in, district and school level

Parental support

STUDENT ACCOUNTABILITY

Immediate

Consistent

Simple

Feasible

Motivating

Consistent

Fair

Rewards Grades

REWARDS

70% or higher 3 times in a row on GR = sucker

80% or higher five times in a row= chocolate

Reaching two out of three goals on GR (Comprehension goal, I-Rate, G-Rate)= 5 bonus points on anything – points used that week

70% average comprehension at the end of each nine weeks= drop one quiz grade

80% of class earns 70% or better five (5) times in a row = Movie Day

80% of class Level Up 1 = free period in gym

90% of class meet WPM goal three (3) times in a row = donuts or pizza!

100% of class level up 2 = field trip!

Individual Whole Class

GRADES Guided Reading is a daily grade each

session. Vocabulary (Cloze Plus or RAW) is a daily

grade once per week.ReadingPlus Percent Corresponding Grade

90-100 105%70-85 100%60-65 85%50-55 75%40-45 65%<30 0

TEACHER MATTERSAll great programs rely on attentive

and consistent teachers!

Must be positive!

Must be motivating!

Must be attentive!

Learning the hard way…

HCHS Site Report 2009-2010

Reading I

Reading II

Advanced Juniors

STUD

ENT SKILLS REPO

RT

Lists each student’s individual scores on specific reading skills that are aligned with standards.

STANDARDIZED RESULTS Advanced Juniors – average ACT Reading increase, 8.4 KCCT Reading – 98 to 103 in one year! 2010 Junior ACT

-78 Juniors completed at least 20 RPlus sessions-53 Juniors did not complete ANY RPlus sessions-Average reading score for RPlus Juniors = 19.72-Average reading score for non-RPlus Juniors = 17.29-ReadingPlus students scores were 2.43 scale points higher than those not enrolled in the program-A 3rd year reading student who has completed ReadingPlus for 3 years scored a 30 in Reading!

READINGPLUS WITH RTI Works as a Tier I, Tier II, or Tier III

intervention

Differentiation caters to individual needs and skills

Can use skills report to assess key weaknesses, such as “identifying main idea,” or “making inferences”

Because all students in a class are involved, students do NOT feel singled out

HORNETS READ!