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Your Mission, Reading First Leaders,

As You Decided to Choose It…Was/Is to ensure that all

children in Oregon learn to read well by the end of third

grade.

Not an easy mission…

But you were up for the challenge.

FAILURE WAS NOT

AN OPTION

Celebrating Our Successes

Oregon Reading First Schools

April 2008

Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thank your for being “trailblazers” in this important journey of helping students learn to read!

There have been increases in the percent of students at

low risk across all grade levels and all measures …

Oregon Reading First Success Stories

Cohort A has Increased the Percent of Students at Low Risk!

Winter Year 1 Winter Year 5

Kindergarten - PSF 44% 74% (+30)

Kindergarten - NWF 38% 66% (+28)

First Grade - NWF 32% 65% (+33)

First Grade - ORF 32% 51% (+19)

Second Grade - ORF 39% 57% (+18)

Third Grade - ORF 34% 49% (+15)

Cohort B has Increased the Percent of Students at Low Risk!


Kindergarten - PSF 47% 70% (+23)

Kindergarten - NWF 38% 60% (+22)

First Grade - NWF 34% 52% (+18)

First Grade - ORF 31% 41% (+10)

Second Grade - ORF 42% 53% (+9)

Third Grade - ORF 30% 47% (+17)

Oregon Reading First Success Stories

There have been decreases in the percent of students at risk across all grade levels

and all measures …

Cohort A Has Decreased the Percent of Students At Risk!


Kindergarten - PSF 30% 11% (-19)

Kindergarten - NWF 38% 14% (-24)

First Grade - NWF 27% 10% (-17)

First Grade - ORF 33% 16% (-17)

Second Grade - ORF 48% 31% (-17)

Third Grade - ORF 42% 27% (-15)

Cohort B Has Decreased the Percent of Students At Risk!


Kindergarten - PSF 27% 11% (-16)

Kindergarten - NWF 39% 16% (-13)

First Grade - NWF 27% 15% (-12)

First Grade - ORF 34% 23% (-11)

Second Grade - ORF 45% 30% (-15)

Third Grade - ORF 45% 28% (-17)

Reading is a basic tool in the giving of a good life.

- Mortimer J. Adler

Thanks for your contribution in giving students this lifetime tool.

School Success Stories

Cohort A

Cohort B

Cohort A(Spring 2004-Spring 2007)

Woodlawn Elementary increased the percent of students at Low Risk in Kindergarten on NWF

from 30% to 97% !

Schools with a 40% or greater increase in the percent of students at

Low Risk on NWF in Kindergarten


50% or greater increase!

School Percent Change

Mooberry +57%

West Powellhurst +54%

Lent +50%

40% or greater increase!


David Hill +49%

Scott +45%

Lot Whitcomb +44%

Cherry Park +43%

Sunrise +43%

Alameda +42%

Lincoln +40%

May Roberts +40%

Cohort A

Schools with 80% or more of their students at Low Risk on NWF in Kindergarten

SchoolPercent of Students

at Low Risk

Oak Grove 84%

Boise-Eliot 82%

Howard 81%

Cohort A(Spring 2004)

W.L. Henry decreased the percent of students At Risk in Kindergarten on NWF from

51% to just 5%!


Great leaders are never satisfied with current levels of performance. They are restlessly driven by possibilities and with potential achievements.

- Donna Harrison

Thank you for your perseverance and determination to achieve those potential

achievements.



West Powellhurst -38% Cherry Park -32%

Lot Whitcomb -35% Lent -32%

Sunrise -33% May Roberts -32%

Woodlawn -33% Lincoln Park -31%

Alameda -32% David Hill -30%

Schools with a 30% or greater decrease in the percent of students At Risk on NWF in Kindergarten


Schools with 10% or less of their students At Risk on NWF in Kindergarten

SchoolPercent of Students

At Risk

Howard 2%

Jackson 4%

Jefferson 4%

Oak Grove 6%

Boise Eliot 7%

Humboldt 7%

Whitman 9%

Myrtle Creek 9%

Cohort A(Spring 2004)

David Hill increased the percent of students at Low Risk in First Grade

on ORF from 30% to 86% AND decreased the percent of students

At Risk from 44% to just 4%!



Washington +40%

Jefferson +38%

Grove/Freewater +37%

Cherry Park +33%

Jackson +32%

Lincoln Park +32%

Ventura Park +30%

Schools with a 30% or greater increase in the percent of students at Low Risk on ORF in First Grade


Schools with a 30% or greater decrease in the percent of students At Risk on ORF in First Grade


Washington -34%

Humboldt -32%

Tri City -30%


Humboldt Elementary increased the percent of

students at Low Risk on ORF in Second Grade from 31% to

76%!


Schools with a 30% or greater increase in the percent of students at Low Risk on ORF in Second Grade


Grove/Freewater +36%

David Hill +33%

Lincoln Park +33%

Whitman +32%

Ventura Park +30%


Both Humboldt and Woodlawn Elementary schools had a 38%

decrease in the percent of students At Risk on ORF in the

Second Grade!


Schools with a 30% or greater decrease in the percent of students At Risk on ORF in Second Grade


Jefferson -35%

Lincoln Park -31%

Sunrise -31%


The whole world opened to me when I learned to read.

- Mary McLeod Bethune

Thank you opening this world to the students in Oregon

Scott Elementary increased the percent of students at Low Risk on ORF in Third Grade

from 26% to 74%!


Schools with a 30% or greater increase in the percent of students at Low Risk on ORF in Third Grade


Lincoln Park +43%

Lent +41%

Cherry Park +39%

Whitman +34%

Humboldt +32%


May Roberts decreased the percent of students At Risk on ORF in Third Grade from 64%

to 23%!


Schools with a 30% or greater decrease in the percent of students At Risk on ORF in Third Grade


Lent -34%

Humboldt -32%


Good reading instruction…

“It’s almost like an army attacking on different fronts at the same time. Training is one front. People and materials are another front. Time is another. Part of the school’s success is coordinating all of those issues.”

- Greg Fancher, director of Elementary Education, Kennewick, WA

Cohort BSpring 2006-Spring 2007

Jason Lee Elementary increased the percent of students at Low Risk in

Kindergarten on NWF from 49% to 86%!

Schools with a 25% or greater increase in the percent of students at Low Risk on NWF in Kindergarten


King +35%

Green +29%

Marysville +29%


Marysville Elementary decreased the percent of

students At Risk in Kindergarten on NWF from

50% to 17%!


Schools with a 10% or greater increase in the percent of students at Low Risk on NWF in Kindergarten


Jason Lee -22%

King -19%

Earl Boyles -14%

Green -11%

Margaret Scott -11%

McNary Heights -11%


Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary increased the percent of students at Low Risk in First Grade on ORF from 35% to 69% AND decreased

the percent of students At Risk from 32% to just 4%!


Schools with a 20% or greater increase in the percent of students at Low Risk on ORF in First Grade


Toledo +31%

Fern Hill +23%


Schools with a 20% or greater decrease in the percent of students At Risk on ORF in First Grade


Jason Lee -22%

Margaret Scott -21%

Toledo -20%


“Let us dare to read, think, speak, and write.”

- John Adams (1765)

Thank you for engaging in this audacious effort with us!

Liberty Elementary increased the percent of students at Low Risk in Second Grade on ORF from 46%

to 70% AND decreased the percent of students At Risk from 46% to

21%!


Schools with a 15% or greater increase in the percent of students at Low Risk on ORF in Second Grade


Rigler +21%

Marysville +18%

King +17%

Earl Boyles +16%

McNary Heights +16%


Schools with a 15% or greater decrease in the percent of students At Risk on ORF in Second Grade


McNary Heights -21%

King -18%

Faulconer-Chapman -17%

Margaret Scott -17%

Marysville -15%


Liberty Elementary increased the percent of students at Low Risk in Third Grade on ORF

from 24% to 50%!


Schools with a 15% or greater increase in the percent of students at Low Risk on ORF in Third Grade


Madras +18%

Hallman +17%

McNary Heights +17%


Margaret Scott Elementary decreased the percent of

students At Risk in Third Grade on ORF from 48% to 27%!


Schools with a 15% or greater decrease in the percent of students At Risk on ORF in Third Grade


Hallman -20%

King -18%

Liberty -18%

Toledo -16%


“An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.”

- Mae West

Cohort B

Greatest Increase in Percent at Low Riskfrom Winter 2005 to Winter 2008

Kindergarten

Measure School Winter 2005 Winter 2008 Percent Change

Kindergarten (PSF) Jason Lee 38% 82% +44%

Kindergarten (NWF) Jason Lee 16% 78% +62%

Amazing Winter Data!

Cohort B

Greatest Decrease in Percent At Riskfrom Winter 2005 to Winter 2008

Kindergarten

Measure School Winter 2005 Winter 2008 Percent Change

Kindergarten (PSF) Hallman 47% 17% -30%

Kindergarten (NWF) Hallman 79% 22% -57%


Cohort B

Greatest Increase in Percent at Low Risk AND Greatest Decrease in Percent At Risk on NWF in First Grade

from Winter 2005 to Winter 2008

Winter 2005 Winter 2008 Percent Change

Percent of Students at Low Risk 15% 66% +51%

Percent of Students at Some Risk 46% 26% -20%

Percent of Students At Risk 39% 8% -31%

Toledo Elementary


Cohort B

Greatest Increase in Percent at Low Risk AND Greatest Decrease in Percent At Risk on ORF in First Grade




Percent of Students at Some Risk 41% 41% 0%


Jason Lee Elementary


Cohort B

Greatest Increase in Percent at Low Riskon ORF in Second Grade






Witch Hazel Elementary


Cohort B

Greatest Decrease in Percent At Riskon ORF in Second Grade




Faulconer-Chapman

Marysville




Cohort B

Greatest Increase in Percent at Low Riskon ORF in Third Grade






Liberty Elementary


Cohort B

Greatest Increase in Percent At Riskon ORF in Third Grade




Percent of Students at Some Risk 7% 22% +15%


Hallman Elementary


“The ultimate purpose of reading instruction is to help children acquire the skills that enable learning from, understanding, and enjoyment of written language.”

- Joe Torgesen (1998)

At the State Level

Across Oregon, we are increasing the percentage of students reaching proficiency on important formative and summative goals and decreasing the percentage of students significantly below proficiency levels!

At the district-level

We have a solid foundation and a replicable model to support positive achievement for children.

At the school-level

We have many shining examples across and within each of our districts!

At the student level

Each year more students are reaching the highest levels of proficiency.

Each year dramatically less students are at the highest levels of risk that would typically forecast chronically negative outcomes.

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