Hill Center Regional Education Model Year One Woodcock-Johnson III Evaluation Results Brunswick County Schools Presented by: Tamara Walser, Ph.D., Lead Evaluator & Emily Grace, M.Ed., Project Coordinator The University of North Carolina Wilmington

Students Included in Evaluation 324 Total Students Middle School Students Elementary Students

Evaluation Method Students were pretested in Fall 2009 and posttested in Spring 2010 Individual assessments using four subtests of Woodcock Johnson III Achievement Test (WJ-III) Raw scores were converted to age-referenced standard scores to measure growth

Description of Subtests Letter-Word Identification: List of individual words for student to read aloud Passage Comprehension: Short sentences containing a blank for student to read and supply appropriate word Reading Fluency: Short sentences for student to read quickly and identify as true or false Word Attack: List of “nonsense” words for student to read aloud, measuring phonics skills

What are Standard Scores? Age-referenced standard scores account for expected academic growth. A student who makes expected growth would have the same standard score at the pretest and posttest. An increase in a standard score indicates greater than expected growth; a decrease indicates the opposite. The AVERAGE standard score for the WJ-III is 100 where is the average range.

All Students (N=324)

Average Score Range Elementary Students (N=257)

Average Score Range Middle School Students (N=67)

Subgroup Results: Letter-Word Identification Average Score Range

Subgroup Results: Reading Fluency

Average Score Range Subgroup Results: Passage Comprehension

Average Score Range Subgroup Results: Word Attack

EC Results: Letter-Word Identification Average Score Range

EC Results: Reading Fluency

Average Score Range EC Results: Passage Comprehension

Average Score Range EC Results: Word Attack

Next Steps… For the Annual Evaluation Report: Will analyze pre- to post-implementation North Carolina End-of-Grade Reading Assessment scores Will analyze HillRAP student attendance data Will analyze HillRAP teacher implementation proficiency data For the Longitudinal Evaluation: Will conduct WJ-III posttesting in spring 2011

Questions?

Emily Grace For: Additional information A copy of this presentation For evaluation team to visit your staff