1. LITERACY-BASED DISTRICT-WIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
LEADERS IN LITERACY CONFERENCE
LITERACY-BASED DISTRICT-WIDE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Aiken County Public School District
January 15, 2016

2. How to analyze data to support reading proficiency
LEADERS IN LITERACY CONFERENCE
How to analyze data to support reading proficiency
Kate Simcox, School Psychologist
Becky Wilson, Jefferson Elementary Principal

3. What you should leave with today
Know the five areas of reading
How to assess those five areas of reading
Where you can find assessments
How those assessments can be used to efficiently and effectively guide instruction for your students

4. National Reading Panel
The 14-member Panel included school administrators, working teachers, and scientists involved in reading research.
Reviewed over 100,000 reading studies
Congress tasked them
To review available research
Determine evidence-based methods to teach children to read
Recommend ways to get those methods to schools
Suggest a plan for additional research in development and instruction

5. Findings Phonemic Awareness Phonics Fluency Vocabulary Comprehension
Best Approach incorporates:
Explicit instruction in phonemic awareness
Systematic phonics instruction
Methods to improve fluency
Ways to enhance comprehension

6. Remember to avoid oversimplifying the National Reading Panel results

7. Conclusions from NRP Break into groups:
We need all five in the correct balance to develop proficient readers
Different emphasis based on development
Break into groups:
Divide paper into two sides. On first side discuss behaviors of proficient readers

8. What does Read to Succeed say about teaching reading?
It is intended to increase the number of K-12 students who are able to comprehend grade level text.
Requires students have knowledgeable school professionals
Retention in 3rd grade who don’t meet grade level expectations
K-5 schools must have 90 minutes of literacy instruction and 30 minutes daily of supplemental support
Summer reading camps for those not comprehending grade level text
Schools collaborate with families so they know how to support their children

9. So what happens when a student is not a proficient reader?
Possible Outcomes
Retention
Poor attendance
Drop-out
Behaviors in the classroom
Poor grades
Low self-esteem
Avoidance behaviors
Break into groups:
On second side discuss behaviors of struggling readers

11. Find Assessments that help you target deficits with your instruction
Start with Comprehension measures and work backwards
Vocabulary Measure
Fluency Measure
High Frequency Word Measure
Phonics Measure
Phonemic Awareness Measure

13. Comprehension Measure
Cloze Reading passages
math-assesment-tests

14. Comprehension Measure

16. Fluency Measures

17. High Frequency Word Measure

18. Phonics Screening

19. Phonemic Awareness

20. What are you currently assessing in your classroom?

21. How do we know what the correct balance is?
Use data
Choose a short but powerful measure
General Outcome Measure

24. Can this be applied to my whole classroom?

25. Can this be applied to a whole grade level?

26. Surely not a whole school???

27. What did that show? Tier 2 reduced
Literacy results
Seriously…how did you do that????
Tier 2 reduced
Translate what that means for students and teachers
Purchased a research-based reading series in K-5
Utilize research-based reading interventions
Power Hour schedule for JR High
Changed master schedule to utilize people resources across school

28. Contact Information
Kate Simcox
Becky Wilson
“In God we trust. Everyone else shows their data.” -Unknown