Excellent Public Schools Act

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Excellent Public Schools Act

• READ TO ACHIEVE
• A Focus on Improving
• K-3 Literacy
• 2013

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Growing and Supporting Readers At Lacy
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• Reading Problems and Dropout
• A student who cant read on grade level by 3rd
  grade is 4 times less likely to graduate by age
  19 than a child who reads proficiently by that
  time.
• Add POVERTY to the mix, and a student is 13
  times less likely to graduate on time.
• Students who did not read proficiently at 3rd
  grade constitute 88 of those who did not earn a
  HS diploma.

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• Reading Problems and Dropout
• Low reading skills in 3rd grade are a stronger
  predictor of dropping out of school than having
  spent at least one year in poverty.
• Donald J. Hernandez Double
  Jeopardy How Third-Grade Reading Skills and
  Poverty Influence High School Graduation. Annie
  E. Casey Foundation, 2011

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Excellent Public Schools Act

• 115C-83.1A. State goal.
• The goal of the State is to ensure that every
  student read at or above grade level by the end
  of third grade and continue to progress in
  reading proficiency so that he or she can read,
  comprehend, integrate, and apply complex texts
  needed for secondary education and career
  success.

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Improving K-3 Literacy

• Aims of Read to Achieve
• Difficulty with reading development is
  identified as early as possible
• Students receive appropriate instructional and
  support services to address difficulty with
  reading development and to remediate reading
  deficiencies

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What do we currently have in place that
addresses these efforts?
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Literacy at Lacy

• An Overview from Mrs. Blomquist
• Lacys Literacy Specialist
• Literacy and intervention support
• An increase in rigor with Common Core
• Purpose and benefits of mClass
• How parents can help

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The Big Bang Theory of

• 1. Decide what is important for students to
  know.
• 2. Teach what is important for students to know.
• 3. Keep track of how students are showing what
  they know.
• 4. Make changes according to the data and
  results you collect!
• David Tilly, 2005

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• Implementation of the North Carolina General
  Assemblys
• Read to Achieve Program

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7 Components of NC Read to Achieve

• Developmental Screening and Kindergarten Entry
  Assessment (KEA)
• Facilitating Early Grade Reading Proficiency
• Parent/Guardian Notification
• Elimination of Social Promotion
• Successful Reading Development for Retained
  Students
• Accountability Measures
• Comprehensive Reading Plan

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North Carolina General Assemblys Read to Achieve
Program Grade Level Implementation Plan
Goal The goal of the State is to ensure that
every student read at or above grade level by the
end of third grade.
Personalized Education Plans (PEP) with Evidence
Based Instructional Supports
Notifications to Parents and Guardians
3rd/4th transition class or accelerated reading
class
Formative and Diagnostics
Mid-year promotion
Begin Portfolio
Kindergarten Entry Assessment
Retention/Elimination of Social Promotion

• Annual Reporting Accountability Measures (LEAs
  and DPI)
• Website
• Report Reading Interventions to SBE
• SBE and DPI Technical Assistance

• Reading Development for Retained Students
• Summer Reading Camp
• Plan for Reading at Home (if retained once)
• Supplemental Tutoring (if retained twice)

G.S. 115C-83.1A-I
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7 Components of North Carolina Read to Achieve
2013-2014

• Developmental Screening and Kindergarten Entry
  Assessment (KEA)
• Will be in place for fall of 2014
• Will include 5 domains of school readiness
• Language and literacy development
• Cognition and general knowledge
• Approaches toward learning
• Physical well-being and motor development
• Social and emotional development
• Will replace the KIA
• Will include the mCLASS assessments for literacy

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7 Components of North Carolina Read to Achieve
2013-2014

• 2. Facilitating Early Grade Reading Proficiency
• Formative and Diagnostic assessments for K-3
  students
• Instruction reflects research in reading (Big 5)
• Develop relationships with outside agencies
• WAKE Up and Read-focus on school readiness

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The Big 5 In Literacy

• There are 5 Big Ideas in Beginning Reading
• Phonemic Awareness
• Alphabetic Principle
• Fluency with Text
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension

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7 Components of North Carolina Read to Achieve
2013-2014

• 3. Parent/Guardian Notification
• Regular communication
• PEP
• mCLASS Home Connect LettersGoing home Oct 7th
  with interims.

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Home Connect Letters
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7 Components of North Carolina Read to Achieve
2013-2014

• 4. Elimination of Social Promotion
• If student fails to demonstrate proficiency on
  3rd grade reading EOG
• Opportunity for retest/Alternative Assessment
• Good Cause Exemption
• Summer School
• Portfolio

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Develop a Portfolio For Students At Risk

• A compilation of independently produced student
  work selected by the students teacher and signed
  by the teacher and principal as an accurate
  picture of the students reading ability.
• It shall include an organized collection of
  evidence of the students mastery of the states
  reading standards that are assessed by the
  states approved standardized test of reading
  comprehension administered to 3rd grade students.

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7 Components of North Carolina Read to Achieve
2013-2014

• 5. Successful Reading Development for Retained
  Students
• Starts 2014
• 3rd/4th transition class or
• Accelerated reading class
• 6. Accountability MeasuresState assessments and
  EVAAS data for teachers
• 7. Comprehensive Reading Plan-developed by school

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7 Components of NC Read to Achieve

• Developmental Screening and Kindergarten Entry
  Assessment (KEA)
• Facilitating Early Grade Reading Proficiency
• Parent/Guardian Notification
• Elimination of Social Promotion
• Successful Reading Development for Retained
  Students
• Accountability MeasuresState assessments and
  EVAAS data for teachers
• Comprehensive Reading Plan-developed by school

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End of Third Grade
Enrollment in Summer Camp is the decision of the
parent. If the choice is not to enroll in Summer
Camp, the student is retained to a 3rd grade
classroom. If the student has already been
retained once, the LEA/school shall provide a
plan for reading at home, including a contract
with parent/guardian.
G.S. 115C-83.1A-I
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Summer Reading Camp

• Runs for 6 weeks 4 days a week for 3 hours
• Only focuses on Reading Instruction
• During the summer, in order to demonstrate
  proficiency, students can take a reading
  assessment 3x or show evidence of mastery through
  a reading portfolio
• Only special education students on the
  Non-standard course of study in self contained
  classrooms are exempt from the retention
  guidelines
• Students who dont demonstrate mastery will be
  enrolled with fourth grade peers and, as part of
  their day, receive 90 minutes of uninterrupted
  reading instruction. Students progress toward
  evidence of mastery is tracked through the
  reading portfolio.

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Resources

• http//www.wcpss.net/what-we-teach/curriculum/read
  -to-achieve.html
• Excellence Education Act
• Read to Achieve Guidebook
• Read to Achieve Parent Resources (parent letter,
  glossary, brochure)
• Websites for parents on literacy strategies and
  tips