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Case studies demonstrating the positive effects on
reading achievement with SRA/McGraw-Hill’s
Imagine It! PreK-6literacy program
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Charlotte,NorthCarolina.................................................................................................... 2
Alum Rock Union Elementary School District SanJose,California............................................................................................................... 4
Emporia Public Schools Emporia,Kansas.................................................................................................................... 6
Barry Elementary School Clovis,NewMexico............................................................................................................... 8
Chippewa Hills School Disrict Remus,Michigan................................................................................................................... 10
View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter Elementary School LosAngeles,California........................................................................................................ 12
Bonneville Elementary School Orlando,Florida..................................................................................................................... 14
Chicago Public Schools Chicago,Illinois...................................................................................................................... 16
Results.
Givingtoday’schildrenasolidfoundationinliteracyisthefirststepinensuringtheyarepreparedforsuccessinthe21stcenturyjobenviron-ment.Astheworldflattens,theymustbereadytocompeteforjobsonagloballevel.Masteringreading,writing,andcritical-thinkingskillsbeginningasearlyasKindergartenpavesthewayforhigher-levellearning.
Toensureeachchildisontherighttrack,dataisincreasinglyusedtodriveinstruction.Datashowswhatachildknowsandareasthatneedimprovement,culminatinginachievementasevidentbyhigh-stakesstateassessments.
Schoolsaremoreaccountablethanevertoprovewhatishappeningintheclassroomworks.
Thisreporttellsthestoriesofeightdistrictsandindividualschoolsandhowtheyhaveincorporatedresearch-based,standards-drivencurriculumintotheclassroomwithacomprehensiveprogressmonitoringcomponent,allowingfordata-driveninstruction.
Theseschoolsanddistrictsservechildrenwitharangeofsocio-economic,ethnic,andgeographictraits,buttheyshareacommit-menttoresults.Theyshowimpressivemaintenanceofhigh-testscoresanddramaticturnaroundsofstrugglingstudents.
Alongwithashareddedicationtoproducingresultsandrelyingonasound,explicitcurriculum,theseschoolsanddistrictssharethesecharacteristics:
• Implementedongoingprofessionaldevelopmentandstaffsupportprograms
• Usedassessmentsofstudentprogressduringtheschoolyeartoensureeffectiveinstruction
• Demonstratedtheimportanceofadministrators—fromprincipalstosuperintendents—asinstructionalleaders
• Createdexcitingclimateswithintheirclassroomstoencouragelearning
Mostimportantly,theybelieveallchildrencanachieveandtheydemonstratetheimpactofsettinghighexpectationsforallstudents,includingthosewhoarestrugglingorunderprivileged.
Theseschoolteachers,readingcoaches,buildingprincipals,instruc-tionalspecialists,anddistrictsuperintendentsarereadytosharewhattheyhavelearnedandtoseetheirpracticesandexperiencesspreadtootherschools.Asalearningcommunity,wemustborrowthebestpracticesfromthosewhohavesuccessfullyincreasedandmaintainedstudentachievement.
Together, every child can achieve.
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Large Urban District Celebrates Decade of Success with SRA
In1999,Charlotte-MecklenburgSchools’administratorspreparedafive-yearactionplandesignedtoeliminateracialdisparitiesandincreasestudentachievementacrosstheboard.Thereformeffortsfocusedonaligningdistrictcurriculawithstatestandards,adoptingauniformandprescriptivereadingprogramfortheearlyelementarygrades,increasingminorityparticipationinAdvancedPlacementandInternationalBaccalaureatecourses,andbuildinganextensivepreschooldevelopmentprogram.
Beforetheplan,manydistrictelementaryschoolswereusingdifferentstrategiestoteachreading.Inordertoalleviateanyinstructionaldiscrepancies,andtoassureconsistentprogressinallclassrooms,theplancalledforadistrict-wideprogram.EducatorschoseSRA/McGraw-Hill’sOpen Court Reading,andteachersquicklyfoundittobeausefultoolthatdefinedexactlywhatwasexpectedofthemandofstudents.
Open Court Readingwasofficiallyadopteddistrict-widebyCharlotte-MecklenburgSchoolsatthestartofthe2001-2002schoolyear.DuringtheyearsthatCharlotte-MecklenburgusedOpen Court Reading,thedistrict’soverallEnd-of-Grade(EOG)readingtestscoresimprovedinGrades3,4,and5eachyear.
National Leader for Student Achievement
In2005,Charlotte-MecklenburgSchoolsrolledovertoSRA’sImagine It!readingprogram,andtheycontinuetobeamodelforstudentachievement.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ Grade 4 students scored higher on the 2009 National Assessment of Education Program than the average scores for Grade 4 students nationally, in urban districts and in North Carolina.
Infact,Grade4studentsinCharlotte-MecklenburgSchoolsscoredhigherthanfourth-gradersacrossthenationandinNorthCarolinaonthe2009NationalAssessmentofEducationalProgress(NAEP).CMSGrade4studentsaveragedascoreof225inreading,comparedto220forthenation,210forlargecitiesand219forNorthCarolina.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has relied upon SRA’s research-based reading and language arts curricula for the last decade, and continues to be an “urban district to watch” for its considerable student achievements.
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Charlotte-MecklenburgSchools’Grade4studentsalsooutperformedtheirpeerswhentheresultsarecomparedforsubgroupsofstudents.CMSGrade4studentsledineverysubgroupbutonewhencomparedtoboththenationandlargecities.White,African-American,Hispanic,economicallydisadvantagedandnon-economicallydisadvantagedstudentsinCMSscoredabovetheirpeerselsewhere.
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Charlotte, North Carolina
For more informationKatyDula,DirectorPreK-12LiteracyandWritingCharlotte-MecklenburgSchoolsTel:(980)[email protected]
About Charlotte-Mecklenburg SchoolsAs the second largest school system in North Carolina and the 18th largest in the United States, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools serve more than 136,889 students, employ about 9,363 teachers, and operate 176 schools. Currently, the district’s multicultural student base is 41% African American, 34% Caucasian, 16% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% Native American or multicultural. About 50.9% of the children qualify for free or reduced-price lunches.
California District Scores All-Time High After One Year With SRA Imagine It!
AlumRockUnionElementarySchoolDistricthasshownalong-termcommitmenttoSRA/McGraw-Hill’sliteracycurricula.In2001,thedistrictadoptedOpen Court Readingdistrict-wideinGradesK–5.ImprovementsweresoimpressivethatthedistrictimplementedImagine It!in2008.
BeforetheSRAprogramwasimplemented,only13%ofstudentsinGrades2–5scoredProficientorAdvancedontheCSTELA.Eachyearthatpercentageincreasedandgrewto40%afterjustthefirstyearwithImagine It!
NoraGuerra,thedistrict’sassistantsuperintendentofinstructionalservices,saidtherewasnodoubttheincreasedscoreswerebecauseofImagine It!
“We’reveryhappywiththeprogram,”shesaid.“Wehavefoundthatteacherswhoimplementtheprogramfullyandwithfidelityhavethebestsuccessintheirclassrooms.WhenIvisitourschools,Iseeteach-ersfollowingthecurriculumverycarefullyandre-teachingconceptswhennecessary.Theirstudentsaredefinitelyengaged.Thestudents’scoreshavedefinitelyimprovedsinceimplementingImagine It!”
Focus on Phonics Increases State ScoresGuerrasaidoneparticularcomponentofImagine It!hasmadeabigdifferenceinallschools,especiallythosepreviouslylabeled“Under-Performing”:itsfocusonphonemicawareness.
“Theprogramreallyhelpschildrenunderstandphonemes.Theylearnthesounds,decodewords,andapplytheirphonemicawarenesstoreading.Theyaren’tjustmemorizingwords.Theyarelearningtoread,whichmakesthemfeelreallygoodaboutthemselves,”shesaid.
Inadditiontohighertestscores,thedistrict’sAcademicPerformance
Alum Rock Union Elementary School District, a culturally diverse community in San Jose, California, scored an all-time high on state reading assessments after its first year with SRA Imagine It! In 2009, 40% of students in Grades 2-5 scored Proficient or Advanced on the English Language Arts portion of the California Standards Test (CST ELA), six percentage points higher than the previous year.
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Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
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Alum Rock Elementary Union Elementary School District first adopted SRA’s reading program in 2001 and later implemented SRAImagineIt! at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year.
Index(API)hasincreasedsinceSRA’sreadingprogrambegan.TheAPImeasuresacademicperformanceandprogressofCaliforniaschoolsandisanumericindexthatrangesfromalowof200toahighof1000.ThestatewideAPIperformancetargetforallschoolsis800.Theprogrambeganin2001,butdistrictsdidnotreceiveAPIscoresuntil2002.From2002onward,AlumRock’sAPIscoreshaveincreasedeachyear,reachinganall-timehighof733in2009.
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San Jose, California
For more informationNoraGuerra,AssistantSuperintendentofInstructionalServicesAlumRockUnionElementarySchoolDistrictTel:(408)[email protected] www.arusd.org
About Alum Rock Union Elementary School District
Serving more than 13,800 students in Grades PreK–8, this district’s student population is 78% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 7% Filipino, 2% Caucasian, 2% African American, and 1% Pacific Islander. Ninety percent of the students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch, and 64% are English Language Learners.
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SRA Imagine It! Helps Kansas District Increase Reading Proficiency
ThedistrictfirstadoptedSRA’sOpen Court PhonicsprogramforGradesK–3in2006andexpandedtoSRA Imagine It!forGradesK–6thefollowingyear.
“Theadoptionof Imagine It!hascreatedaconsistencyofteachingthefullrangeofliteracyacrossallclassroomsinthedistrict,”saidGeorgeAbel,assistantsuperintendentofteachingandlearningatEmporiaPublicSchools.“Teachersnowaddressallfiveareasofliteracy.”
TobegintheimplementationoftheImagine It!program,EmporiaPublicSchoolspartneredwithSRA/McGraw-Hilltoprovideprofessionaldevelopmentforitsentirestaff.Thisincludedtwofulldaysoftrainingateachgradelevelduringthesummerbeforeimplementation.Eachsummersince,thedistricthasprovidedafulldayofadditionalprofessionaldevelopmentfornewteachersandanyreturningteachers.
Thiscommitmenthasensuredastrongunderstandingoftheprogram’sunderlyingphilosophiesandpractices.
Abelsaysteachersnowfeelbetteraboutteachingstudentstheread-ingprocess.“Itprovidesstructurefornewteachers.Theframeworkandpacingguidesensureconsistencyacrossgradelevel,”headded.
Emporia Public Schools in rural Kansas has experienced shifting demographics. The manufacturing community has been struck by job loss creating more low socioeconomic students while also welcoming more Hispanic families and English Language Learners to the area. Yet the district has found a way to reach all types of learners. After three years with SRA/McGraw-Hill’s literacy programs, the average growth on the state test has been 19 percentage points – from 68% passing in 2006 to 87% in 2009.
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Emporia Public Schools first adopted ImagineIt!in 2007. As students moved up a grade each year, the percentage of students passing reading rose.
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Individualization Closes Achievement GapThankstothephonicsbase,additionalEnglishLanguageLearnersup-port,andInterventionguidesforstrugglingstudents,Imagine It!hashelpedEmporiaPublicSchoolsincreasereadingproficiencyacrosssubgroupsofstudents,helpingthemtoclosetheachievementgap.
Students’overallreadingproficiencyhasimprovedaswell.Asstudentsprogress,eachyear,moreofthempasstheKansasReadingAssessment.Forexample,in2006,70%ofGrade4studentsscoredProficientorAbove.AmongGrade4studentsin2008,82%wereProficient,andasGrade5studentsin200987%passed.Meanwhile,66%ofGrade4studentsscoredProficientin2006,80%in2007,80%in2008,and88%in2009.Lastly,69%ofGrade5studentsscoredProficientin2006,andasGrade8studentsthreeyearslater,87%passedthestatereadingassessment.
Beyondimprovedtestscores,teachersatEmporiaPublicSchoolsappreciatethereal-worldskillsthestudentsarelearningthroughtheInquirystrandinImagine It! becausetheactivestudentparticipationhelpstobuildcriticalthinking,Abelsaid.
“Imagine It!isaneffectiveprogramthathashelpedourdistrict’sstudentsachieveremarkableresultsonourstatereadingassessment,”saidSuperintendentJohnHeim.“Ithasprovidedourteacherswiththematerialstoaddressallareasofthereadingprocessinamannerthatisclosingtheachievementgapforourtraditionallyunderperformingsubgroups.Imagine It! ishelpingusmeetthereadingneedsofourstudents.”
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Emporia, Kansas
For more informationGeorgeAbel,AssistantSuperintendentofTeachingandLearningEmporiaPublicSchoolsTel:(620)[email protected] www.usd253.org
About Emporia Public SchoolsEmporia, Kansas, is a rural community of about 26,000 located between Kansas City and Wichita. The district serves more than 4,600 students in Grades K–6 with a student popula-tion that is 47% Caucasian, 42% Hispanic, 3% African American, 2% Asian, and 4% multi- cultural. Sixty-five percent of the students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch, and 31% are English Language Learners.
New Mexico Elementary Takes SRA Imagine It! District-Wide
“Afterayearlongstudyofbestpracticesinreading, Imagine It!reallystoodoutastheonlyoption,”saidPrincipalCarrieBunceofBarryElementarySchoolinClovis,NewMexico.
PrincipalBunceledateamthatresearchedhowtobestteachreadingfocusingonthe“BigFive”–PhonemicAwareness,AlphabeticPrinci-ple,AccuracyandFluencywithtext,Vocabulary,andComprehension.TheylookedatresearchfromtheUniversityofOregonandresultsinsuccessfuldistrictssuchasKennewick,Washington,andcomparedresultsinCalifornia’sschoolsusingSRA’sreadingprograms.Thisallledto Imagine It!astheclearchoice.
Duringthe2008-2009schoolyear,BarryElementaryreceivedagranttopilotImagine It! andPrincipalBuncehasbeenimpressedwiththeresults.
“NotonlydoesImagine It!coverthe‘BigFive,’butwewereblownawaybythewritinginstruction.It’swovenintotheprograminsuchawaythatstudentsdon’tevenrealizethey’rebeingtaughtwriting,buttheyarelearningvaluableskills,”shesaid.“Ourstudentshavebecomephenomenalwritersandbecausethey’vegottensomuchbetteratit,they’reenjoyingit!”
PrincipalBuncealsopointstothephonicsbaseintheearlygrades.“ItisthestrongestphonicsprogramIhaveeverseen,”shesaid.
“IalsolovehowImagine It!issointegrated,”sheadded.“Everythingisconnectedsothatithasmeaning.Whenstudentsseemeaninginwhatthey’relearning,itaidsinretention.”
Barry Elementary School first adopted SRAImagineIt! at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year.
Barry Elementary School went on a mission to find the best way to teach students reading and language arts skills, which led them directly to SRA Imagine It! reading series. After just one year, the school’s scores became stronger. Now the whole district is following its example.
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Percentage of Barry Elementary Grade 4 Students Scoring Profiecient or Above in Reading
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Asaresult,readingscoresontheNewMexicoStandards-BasedAssessment(NMSBA)increasedafterjustthefirstyearwith Imagine It!–from69.8percentpassinginreadingin2007-2008to76.6in2008-2009.
Grade4scoresparticularlyshowedmarkedimprovement.Overall,thepercentageofGrade4studentsthatscoredProficientorhigherinreadingonNMSBAwentfrom66%beforeImagine It! to84%after.Thatimprovementalsoistrueforeverysubgroup,asnotedinthechart.
PrincipalBuncelooksforwardtotheresultsonthe2009-2010NMSBAaswell.
Becauseoftheimpressiveresults,thedistricthasreceivedagrantallowingthemtoimplementImagine It! district-wideforthe2010-2011schoolyear,andPrincipalBuncewillleadtheprofessionaldevelopment.
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Clovis, New Mexico
For more informationCarrieBunce,PrincipalBarryElementarySchoolTel:(575)[email protected]/barry/index.html
About Barry Elementary SchoolServing more than 296 students in Grades K–6, this school’s student population is 54% Cauca-sian, 27% Hispanic, 16% African American, 2% Asian/Pacific Islander, and 1% multicultural. Sixty-one percent of the students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch.
“When students see meaning in what they’re
learning, it aids in retention.”
High-Poverty, Rural Michigan District Committed to SRA Imagine It!
Howardhasbeenwiththeschooldistrict,whichservesaruralcom-munityspreadacrossfourtowns,since1973whereshestartedasateacherandusedOpen Court Reading,alsofromSRA.Intheearly2000s,twoofthedistrict’sfourelementaryschoolsusedacompetingprogram,buttestscoresshowedtheOpen Court Reading studentsperformedbetter,andin2008-2009,Howardledthedistrict-wideimplementationofSRA Imagine It!
BeckyElias,aGrade4teacherispleasedwiththeselection.“Imagine It! isacomplete,cohesive,integratedLanguageArtsprogram.Theearlyfoundationthatchildrenreceivefromtheprogramgivesthemthetoolsthattheyneedtobecomefluent,comprehensivereaders.Imagine It! clearlysurpassesanyreadingprogramthatIhaveexperi-encedinthepast28years!Iloveit!”shesaid.
TeacherslikeEliashavealotmoretolove,too,withscoresontherise.Afterthefirstyearwith Imagine It!,thepercentageofGrade3studentsscoringProficientorAboveontheMichiganEducationalAssessmentProgram(MEAP)grewfrom92%to95%whileGrade5alsomadeagainfrom85%to86%.Inaddition,the2008-2009scorescontinuedtobehigherthanthestateaverage.ThepercentageofGrade3studentsatChippewaHillsSchoolDistrictwhopassedreadingwasninepercentagepointshigher,whileGrades4and5werebothfourpercentagepointshigher.
Fidelity Leads to Results“AtChippewaHillsSchoolDistrict,wecontributeoursuccesstoSRA Imagine It! andSRA Open Court Reading,alongwiththefactthatallteachersusetheprogramasitisintendedtobeused,”Howardsaid.
“Itisimportanttonotethatbetween55%and65%ofourstudentsareeconomicallydisadvantaged.Ifyoulookatourscores,youwillsee
thatImagine It!worksforthispopulation.Imagine It!workswithat-riskstudents.Imaintainthatforthoseinwhichreadingcomesnaturally,theywilllearntoreadinspiteofwhatweaseducatorsdo.Foreveryoneelse,youneedaprogramthatworksforyourmostat-riskstudentsandthatisImagine It!”
Beyondtheresultsontestscores,Howardappreciatesthatthecurriculumisfunforthechildren.
“Ourstudentsreallylovetheonline Imagine It!eGames.Allofourclassroomshavecomputers,andI’veseentheseactivitiesreallyengagethekids,”Howardsaid.
Chippewa Hills School District has relied on SRA/McGraw-Hill’s literacy curricula since the early 1970s. The structured, phonics-based programs benefit the students, many of whom are high-risk and come to school with limited background knowledge, according to Super- intendent Shirley Howard. In fact, more than half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. After its first year of using SRA Imagine It! in Grades K–5 in 2008-2009, the school maintained its consistently high reading scores – with around 90 percent passing.
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Percentage of Chippewa Hills Grade 3 StudentsScoring Proficient or Above in Reading
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Chippewa Hills School District has maintained strong reading scores after more than 30 years with SRA’s reading programs. After the first year with ImagineIt!in 2008-2009, scores continued to outpace the state average.
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Source:MEAP For more informationShirleyHoward,SuperintendentChippewaHillsSchoolDistrictTel:(989)[email protected]
About Chippewa Hills School DistrictChippewa Hills School District serves approximately 2,317 students in Grades K–12 with a student population that is 88% Caucasian, 7% American Indian, 3% African American, and 2% multicultural. Currently, 52% percent of the students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch.
SRA Imagine It! Helps California Charter School Meet State API Goal
TheViewParkPreparatoryAcceleratedCharterElementarySchool,locatedinnorthernLosAngeles,servesapredominantlyAfrican-Americancommunityinwhichtheparentsarehighlyinvolvedinschooldecisionmaking.
Theirinvolvementleadstoacultureofachievementand,combinedwiththeschool’soutstandingleadershipandteachingstaff–whichcommittedtothestaffdevelopmentinvolvedwith Imagine It! –resultsinstudentswhoareindeedmakinggreatstrides.
TheschoolhadusedSRA’s Open Court Readingliteracyprogramsince2000and,whenPrincipalRobinHarrisjoinedtheschool,shewasexcitedtorollovertothenewSRA Imagine It!programwithitsabundanceofmaterialsandoptions.
“It’saone-stopshop,”Harrissaid.“Itallowsustoaddresssomanyofouracademicneeds.”
Forexample,theCross-CurricularComponentsallowtheschooltobringScienceandSocialStudieslessonsintothereadingperiod.“Foraschoolwithatightbudgetthat’snotabletoupdateSocialStudiesmaterialsfrequently,thisisavaluablesolution,”explainedPrincipalHarris.
Thecomprehensivenatureoftheprogramalsoallowsteacherstodifferentiateinstructionforindividualneeds.“TeacherscanpickandchoosewhichelementsofImagine It! willworkbestforeachstudentratherthanspendingtheirtimegatheringmaterialsontheirown.”
Theongoingassessmentportionof Imagine It! allowsteacherstousedatatodriveinstructionandpersonalizelessonsforeachchild.
WhileteachersareimpressedwiththemanyteachingcomponentswithinImagine It!,PrincipalHarrissaysstudentslovethevariety–fromIndividualWorkTimetocollaborativeprojects.“Also,thecombi-
nationofgreatliteraturewiththecutting-edgeeSuiteonlinesupportoffersthebestofbothworlds,”shesaid.
Thebottomline,however,istheprogram’srootsinphonics-basedinstruction,whichmakesitsuccessfulwithViewParkstudents.“WehaveKindergartnersreading,”PrincipalHarrissaid.“Evenbetter,they’recomprehendingwhattheyread!”
Comprehensive Teacher and Student Materials Increase Achievement
PrincipalHarrisandteachersatViewParkPreparatoryAcceleratedCharterElementarySchoolarepleasedwiththeirresults.
After just two years using SRA Imagine It!, View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter Elementary School in Los Angeles improved its Academic Performance Index (API) score from below the state target of 800 at 788 in 2007 to above target at 853 in 2009. Meanwhile the percent of Grades 2-5 students who scored Proficient or Advanced on the English Language Arts portion of the California Standards Test (CST ELA) improved from 51% to 67%!
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View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter Elementary School
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Afterthefirstyearwiththeprogram,52%ofGrade2studentsscoredProficientorAdvancedontheCSTELA,whichincreasedto77%in2009.Meanwhile,thepercentageofGrade5studentsscoringProfi-cientorAdvancedjumpedby17pointsbetween2007and2009.
Thesescoreshavehelpedincreasetheschool’sAPIscoreaswell.In2007,theyearImagine It! wasfirstimplemented,theschoolscored788ontheAPI.In2009,thatscorejumped65pointsto853.Onascaleof200to1000,thestatehasset800asthebenchmark.Thanksinparttothisresearch-basedprogram,ViewParkPreparatoryAcceleratedCharterElementarySchoolisnowaheadofthestategoal.
“Imagine It! hasbeenatruecatalystforoursuccess,”Harrissaid.“Youcan’tmakethegainswithoutaneffectiveprogram.”
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ImagineIt!was implemented at the beginning of the 2007-2008 school year.
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About View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter Elementary SchoolServing approximately 450 students in Grades K–5, this school’s student population is 99% African American and 1% Hispanic. Fifty-three percent of the students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch.
“Imagine It! has been a true catalyst for our success. You can’t
make the gains without an effective program.”
SRA Imagine It! Helps Orlando Students with Disabilities Outperform State Average
BonnevilleElementarySchool’simplementationofSRA Imagine It!beganinfallof2008inGrades3–5.Imagine It!replacedanearliereditionofanSRAcorereadingprogramformerlyadoptedforallstudentsinGradesPreK–5infallof2002.
AmyKlaberisthecurriculumresourceteacheratBonnevilleElementarySchoolwheretheschool’sstudentpopulationincludesahighmobilityrateof36%.Klabersaidthestructured,systematicprogramiskeyforstudentsuccess.
Progress Monitoring Overcomes High Mobility Rates
Becausetheschoolfrequentlyregistersnewstudentswithvaryingbackgroundknowledge,thekeyistorapidlydeterminetheiracademicabilityandmonitortheirprogress.ImmediatelyfollowingtheenrollmentprocessstudentsaregivenaFAIR(previouslyDIBELS)assessment.Basedontheresults,aplacementtestisgiventopre-scribespecificacademicprogramstomeeteachstudent’sindividualneeds.
“ThereisasenseofurgencyhereatBonnevilleElementaryandwemaximizeeveryopportunityforlearningwithoutasinglemomenttospare,”Klabersaid.“Progressmonitoringhelpsdriveinstructionaldecisionsforallstudents.StrategicandIntensiveinterventionsareinplacetomeettheirlearningneeds.WeknowtheSRA’sprogramswillreachalltypesoflearnersforacademicsuccess.”
After seven years with SRA/McGraw-Hill’s reading and language arts programs, Bonneville Elementary School continues to shine. After the first year of instruction with SRA Imagine It!, students in the Orlando school outperformed the Florida state average in reading. Addition-ally, students qualifying for exceptional student education (ESE), which is nearly one-quarter of the school’s population, have achieved reading proficiency levels as measured by Adequate Yearly Progress since 2005.
Bonneville Elementary School first adopted SRA’s reading program in 2002 and later implemented SRAImagineIt! at the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year.
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BeforeadoptingSRA’sreadingprogram,only58%ofstudentsinGrades3-5scoredatProficientorAdvancedinreadingbasedontheFloridaComprehensiveAssessmentTest(FCAT).In2009,thesuccessrateofstudentsincreasedto88%.Inaddition,eachgradelevelindividuallyoutscoredthestateaverageforreading.
Anotherpointofprideisthe“A”gradethestateofFloridahascontinuouslyawardedtheschoolsincetheadoption.
TheadministrationattheschoolcreditsthesuccessofallstudentstoSRA/McGraw-Hill’sreadingprograms,thefocusedeffortsofits“DreamTeam”staff,itshard-workingstudents,andtheinvolvedparents.
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Orlando, Florida
For more informationAmyKlaber,CurriculumResourceTeacherBonnevilleElementarySchool14700SussexDriveOrlando,Florida32026Tel:(407)[email protected]
About Bonneville Elementary SchoolBonneville Elementary School is part of Orange County Public Schools. It serves approximately 550 students in Grades PreK–5. The school’s population is 51% Caucasian, 36% Hispanic, 6% multicultural, and 7% African American. About 62% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, 19% classify as English Language Learners, and 22% are eligible for exceptional student education services.
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Chicago Elementary Schools Take the Lead with Imagine It!
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Edgebrook Elementary School Differentiates Instruction with Imagine It!
AsprincipalforEdgebrookElementarySchool,JaniceKepkaappreciatesSRA’sImagine It!foritsconsistencyandscaffoldinglessons.“Withsomanyotherprograms,lessonsarea‘hodgepodge,’”but Imagine It!iswell-plannedfromlessontolessonandgradetograde,”PrincipalKepkaexplained.
TheschoolimplementedImagine It! inGradesK-5duringthe2007-2008schoolyearafterusingSRA’sOpen Court Readingpreviouslyinthelowergrades.
PrincipalKepkapointstothepersonalizationwithinthecurriculumasakeytotheirsuccess.“Imagine It!helpsusidentifystudentswhoareexcellingandprovidethemwithmoreChallengelessonsaswellasstrugglingstudentswhoneedmoresupport,”shesaid.
“Inaddition,eventhoughourEnglish-languagelearnerpopulationisnotthathigh,itdoesanexcellentjobwiththe“Re-teach”portiontoensurethisstudentgroupalsoexcels,”PrincipalKepkasaid.
“TheLeveledReadersalsogiveourstudentslotsofpractice–atschoolandathome,andIalsolikethatlessonsprovidenotonlyread-ing,butalsospellingandwritingsupport,”sheexplained.
Asaresult,EdgebrookElementarySchool’sstudentsoutperformedthe2009stateaverageontheIllinois Standards Achievement Testinreadingwith93%ofEdgebrook’sGrade3-5studentsscoringProficientorAbovecomparedto73%statewide.
The Ogden International School of Chicago
Meanwhile,theOgdenInternationalSchoolofChicagohasalsobeenpleasedwiththeoutcomesafterimplementingImagine It!inGradesK-5duringthe2008-2009schoolyearafterusinganotherprograminpastyears.
AssistantPrincipalMaryGrayexplainedthattheOgdenInternationalSchoolofChicagoselected Imagine It!afteraselectionprocessthatincludedacommitteeofteachersfromeachgradelevelandcriteriaof1)gradelevelmastery,2)cross-curricularintegration,and3)differentiatedinstruction.
“WechoseImagine It! becauseteachersdon’thavetogoelsewheretogetthematerialstheyneed,”AssistantPrincipalGraysaid.
TheOgdenInternationalSchoolofChicagoalsoincorporatestheImagine It! eSuitetechnologywhichallowsparentsandstudentstoaccessmaterialonline.
“Successisathree-waystreet–teachers,studentsandparents,”AssistantPrincipalGraysaid.
“TheeSuitemakesthispartnershipseamless.”
LikeEdgebrookElementarySchool,theOgdenInternationalSchoolofChicagoalsoperformsabovethestateaverage,with91.2%ofitsstudentsinGrades3-8meetingorexceedingstatestandardsforreadingasschoolbeganin2010.In2009,84%ofOgden’sGrade3-5studentsscoredProficientorAboveontheIllinois Standards Achieve-ment Testinreadingcomparedto73%statewide.
Many elementary schools in Chicago Public Schools have relied on SRA reading programs for decades. Edgebrook Elementary School and the Ogden International School of Chicago are just two examples of Chicago schools that leverage SRA’s Imagine It! reading and language series to give their students a lifelong love of reading.
Both Edgebrook Elementary School and Ogden Elementary School (ImagineIt! users) consistently outperform the state average on the ISAT reading exam.
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For more informationJaniceKepka,PrincipalEdgebrookElementarySchoolTel:(773)[email protected]
AssistantPrincipalMaryGrayOgdenInternationalSchoolofChicagoTel:(773)[email protected]
About Edgebrook Elementary SchoolServing nearly 400 students in Grades K–8, this school’s student population is 64% Caucasian, 13% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 2% African American, and almost 10% multicultural. Twelve percent classify as low-income and 3% are Limited English proficient.
About Ogden International School of ChicagoServing 600 students in Grades K–12, this school’s student population is 36% Caucasian, 30% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 10% African Ameri-can, and almost 12% multicultural. Twenty-two percent are classified as low-income and 17% are Limited English proficient.“We’ve had nothing but
positive outcomes, and we can see our students’ growth.
The kids learn with Imagine It!”
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