Soledad Unified School District

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Soledad Unified School District

• Preliminary Review of Progress
• Among Students in the New Century Program

June 11, 2008
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Soledad Implementation of New Century

• Initial focus at all three elementary schools is
  Reading
• Frank Ledesma, Gabilan, San Vicente
• New Century was implemented at the schools late
  February/first week March
• Data represents approximately two and a half
  months of instructional time (through May 16)
• Preliminary analysis shows strong implementation
  is creating excellent time on task

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Average Reading Gains, All Grades
Overall, both schools have achieved similar
average time on task and gains.
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Significant Correlations between New Century
Reading Activities and Gains
Statistical analysis of the data shows that the
relationship between time on task and gains is
significant.
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Progress in Relation to Grade Level
At all grades, students targeted for the New
Century Reading intervention are making progress
toward grade level.
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Average Reading Gains, Students with High Time
on Task
The 63 students who have had 15 or more hours of
time in the program achieved 8 to 9 months gain.
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Statistical Analysis Verifies New Century Usage
Causes Increase in Reading Gains

• All students from school A and school B were
  divided into quartiles based on their usage of
  New Century Reading Courseware.
• An ANCOVA was performed comparing Gains for
  students across all levels of usage of New
  Century Reading courseware. Students grades
  were used as a covariate.
• The ANCOVA was significant at the plt.01 level.

1Scores adjusted based on grade
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School C Results

• New Century was introduced at the school via
  Homework Club and Newcomers Group
• Based on the needs of these groups, New Century
  was implemented in Math as well as in Reading
• Data not directly comparable to Schools A and B
• Lower time on task per subject due to dual usage
• 111 students have benefited from the program this
  year, plan to expand into classrooms next year

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School C Students with High Time on Task
Average Gains in both subject areas among
students with higher than average time on task
are especially strong given the target
group Math 5 months average gain for students
with gt than 2 hours Reading 3 months average
gain for students with gt than 3 hours
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New Century Education

• Based on the overall gains that Soledad schools
  have shown using New Century Education over the
  past semester, we look forward to the opportunity
  to expand our program within your district.