Transitional First Grade at CES

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Transitional First Gradeat CES
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IDEA 2004 and Response to Intervention
CT Statutes Early Intervening Services CT
schools must have appropriate alternative
programs and interventions that provide a
continuum of educational opportunities to
students as part of the regular education
program. C.G.S.sec. 10-76d-7 (Referral)
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3 Tiers of Response to Interventions

• Tier One Universal- instruction for all
• Readers/writers workshop
• Tier Two Targeted Group Interventions
• Transitional First Grade is an intervention for a
  group of students at the program level
• Extended Day Kindergarten
• Remedial Reading
• Tier Three Intensive Individual Interventions
• Reading Recovery

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Teacher Survey with T1 Criteria

• Work habits (35 points) Engagement,
  frustration, task completion, cooperation,
  responsibility
• Social Emotional (30 points) Cries, me focus,
  transitions, follower, parallel play
• Developmental Traits (20 points) Age,
  left/right orientation, pm stamina, physicality
• Language Development (20 points) Directions,
  verbal expression, grammar and syntax
• Academic skills (15 points) Letter recognition,
  reversals

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T1? Retention? Promotion?
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Who goes to T1?

• The majority of children attending T1 have not
  met reading goals in Kindergarten
• The children who did not attend T1 typically are
  struggling but were doing better academically
  than those attending T1

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Who goes to T1?

• The majority of children attending T1 have not
  met reading goals in Kindergarten
• The children who did not attend T1 typically are
  struggling but were doing better academically
  than those attending T1

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Are the T1 students behind in 1st grade also?

• 100 of T1 students were able to meet the end of
  first grade goal
• Students who did not attend T1 did not achieve as
  high as those who took advantage of the
  opportunity

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How are T1 students doing this year in first
grade?

• In Nov/Dec the majority of T1 students are
  already meeting grade level reading goals
• The students who did not attend struggle in first
  grade and receive remedial support

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Do T1 students fall out in 2nd grade?

• 100 of the students achieved DRP goals with 45
  reading at an advanced level
• 80 of the students that did not attend met the
  average with 20 achieving below grade level
  expectations with no advanced students

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Do T1 students fall out in 2nd grade?

• The majority of T1 students read at an advanced
  level
• While the majority of students who didnt attend
  T1 are at the average level they are performing
  on a bell curve

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Do T1 student fall out in 3rd grade?

• All students performed in the same level on the
  DRP as they did in second grade. Each group made
  a years progress

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How did the T1 students do on CMTs in math in
4th grade?

• T1 students have kept pace with the grade level
  in math
• 84 of the T1 students met the state goal
• 50 of the students who did not attend fell in
  the basic or below level compared to 17 of the
  T1 students

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How did the T1 students do on CMTs in reading in
4th grade?

• 50 of the T1 students have met Brookfields goal
  in reading on the CMT
• 0 of the students who didnt attend T1 where
  able to meet Brookfields reading standard

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How did the T1 students do on CMTs in writing in
4th grade?

• District initiative in writing. Professional
  development focused on writing
• Voluntary before school writing classes where
  held for students identified weak in writing
  (Student lists not found)

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How did T1 students do on CMTs compared to the
initial group that did not attend?

• 100 of the T1 students met the state proficiency
  or higher in math compared to only 50 of those
  who did not attend T1 met the state proficiency

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How did T1 students do on CMTs compared to the
initial group that did not attend?

• 90 of the students attending T1 met Brookfields
  CMT reading goal
• 0 of the students who did not attend T1 met
  Brookfields goal in reading on the 4th grade CMT

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How did T1 students do on CMTs compared to the
initial group that did not attend?

• 90 of the T1 students met state proficiency in
  writing compared to 67 of those students who did
  not attend

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Grade 5 CMT Comparisons

• 80 of the T1 students met Brookfields goal in
  math
• 50 of the students who did not attend T1 were
  able to meet Brookfields standard in math on the
  CMTs

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Grade 5 CMT Comparisons

• T1 students held consistently strong in reading
• Students not attending T1 33 moved from
  proficient to goal while 16 of the students were
  added to below basic

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Grade 5 CMT Comparisons

• 80 of the T1 students met state proficiency in
  writing
• 67 of the students who did not attend T1 met
  state proficiency

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The data shared demonstrates that students who
initially are weak in kindergarten and take
advantage of the transitional first grade program
perform higher on standardized tests long range
compared to the students who were recommended and
did not attend. This level two response to
intervention enabled poorer performing students
to progress in reading, writing and math and
maintain the gains for at least 5 years.