Title One Program Evaluation Report to the CCSD Board of Education August 20, 2012 Bill Poock, Title One Coordinator

Title One Program To ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach, at a minimum, proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments. This purpose can be accomplished by — Purpose:

Federal Action Steps (1) ensuring that high-quality academic assessments, accountability systems, teacher preparation and training, curriculum, and instructional materials are aligned with challenging State academic standards; (2) meeting the educational needs of low-achieving children (3) closing the achievement gap between high- and low- performing children; (4) holding schools, local educational agencies, and States accountable for improving the academic achievement of all students;

Federal Action Steps (5) distributing and targeting resources sufficiently; (6) improving and strengthening accountability, teaching, and learning by using State assessment systems designed to ensure that students are meeting challenging State academic achievement and content standards; (7) providing greater decision-making authority and flexibility to schools and teachers;

Federal Action Steps (8) providing children an enriched and accelerated educational program; (9) promoting schoolwide reform and ensuring the access of children to effective, scientifically based instructional strategies and challenging academic content; (10) significantly elevating the quality of instruction by providing staff in participating schools with substantial opportunities for professional development; (11) coordinating services; and (12) affording parents substantial and meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children.

Program Goal #1 75% of Title One students will meet or exceed their spring growth target on the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress).

Program Goal #1 Results Grade 2: Goal Met/ Not Met ? Percent of students meeting Growth targets: Crest 79%(11/14) Heights 56% (10/18) Ridge 79% (19/24) View 80% (12/15) Total District 73 % (52/71)

Program Goal #1 Results Grade 3: Goal Met/ Not Met ? Percent of students meeting Growth targets: Ridge 70% (7/10) Total District 70 % (7/10)

Program Goal #2 80% of Title One students will meet or exceed grade level targets for fluency and comprehension as measured by the spring BRI (Basic Reading Inventory).

Program Goal #2 Results Grade 1 Comprehension: Goal Met/ Not Met ? Percent of students meeting GL targets: Crest 78% (22/24) Heights58% (15/26) Ridge53% (9/17) View76% (13/17) Total District 70 % (59/84) Grade 1 Fluency: Goal Met/ Not Met ? Percent of students meeting GL targets: Crest62% (15/24) Heights19% (5/26) Ridge 6% (1/17) View71% (12/17) Total District 39 % (33/84)

Program Goal #2 Results Grade 2 Comprehension: Goal Met /Not Met? Percent of students meeting GL targets: Crest 79% (11/14) Heights79% (15/19) Ridge87% (20/23) View88% (14/16) Total District 83 % (60/72) Grade 2 Fluency: Goal Met/ Not Met ? Percent of students meeting GL targets: Crest15% (2/14) Heights39% (7/19) Ridge50% (11/22) View63% (10/16) Total District 42 % (30/71)

Program Goal #2 Results Grade 3 Comprehension: Goal Met /Not Met? Percent of students meeting GL targets: Ridge80% (8/10) Total District 80 % (8/10) Grade 3 Fluency: Goal Met/ Not Met ? Percent of students meeting GL targets: Ridge30% (3/10) Total District 30 % (3/10)

Program Goal #3 90% of Title One Parent Survey responses are positive towards the Title One program in the areas of student services provided, communication, and opportunities for family/parent support.

Program Goal #3 Results Goal Met : 99% of Title I parents responded positively on the Spring Title I Survey- “The Title I Program is Helpful/Extremely Helpful to my Child” View: 94% (17/18) Heights 100% (16/16) Ridge 100% (21/21) Crest 100% (34/34) System: 99% (88/89)

Program Goal #3 Results Other Parent Survey responses included: In what ways has the Title I program helped your child? Mark all that apply. My child can use decoding skills to figure out unknown words. (13/18) (29/34) (13/36) (20/23) (75/111 = 68%) My child can understand what they read. (13/18) (32/34) (16/36) (19/23) (80/111 = 72%) My child has moved from word-by-word reading to reading in phrases and chunks. (11/18) (30/34) (14/36) (15/23) (70/111 = 63%) My child is more motivated to read. (13/18) (29/34) (12/36) (17/23) (71/111 = 64%) I notice my child’s vocabulary is expanding. (16/18) (33/34) (12/36) (18/23) (79/111 = 71%) What changes have you seen in your child’s confidence about reading and school? Mark all that apply. My child picks up and reads books independently. (11/18) (30/34) (11/36) (14/23) (66/111 = 59%) My child shows enthusiasm for reading books. (13/18) (30/34) (10/36) (12/23) (65/111 = 59%) My child reads from a variety of books with a broad range of topics. (10/18) (31/34) (16/36) (15/23) (72/111 = 65%)

Program Goal #3 Results 63% of Title One parents completed the survey: 91% for Crest (34/37) 50% for Heights (18/36) 53% for Ridge (21 /40) 57% for View (18/32) System Total: 63% (91/145)

Parent Advisory Council Meeting May 24, 2012 Parent Policy/Compact: Instead of annual meeting—hold 1:1 conferences More frequent updates: Parent choice Letter Phone call Meetings Include data from past years to show growth over time to parents

Parent Advisory Council Meeting May 24, 2012 Parent Involvement Ideas: Family reading night Make and take workshop Note to parents in student’s agenda “What I learned this week in Title One” or this week A day devoted to reading, get students and staff to wear a universal color t-shirt with literature activities (Like America Reads Day) Motivation to attend meetings – like raffle tickets for Fun Nights? Parent coaching—how to help at home

Parent Advisory Council Meeting May 24, 2012 Improving our Program: Video examples of reading strategies—parents and teachers on same page More coaching-joint meetings with other buildings? Mini-meetings with specific strategies with parents More time to Title One teachers to plan with classroom teachers Funding for quality literature/teaching materials Monthly communication between parents and teacher

2012 – 2013 Action Steps for Improvement 1.Continue to collaborate with classroom teachers to align instruction 2.Work with classroom teachers to regularly use assessment data to drive decision-making 3.Use developmentally appropriate strategies to increase level of performance in the area of fluency