1. Title One Program Evaluation
Report to the CCSD Board of Education
Sue Skala, Title One Coordinator
Doreen Jones & Denese Little, Title One Teacher

2. Title One Program Purpose:
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.
Title One Program

3. Ensuring that high-quality academic assessments, accountability systems, teacher preparation and training, curriculum, and instructional materials are aligned with challenging State academic standards
Meeting the educational needs of low-achieving children
Closing the achievement gap between high- and low- performing children
Holding schools, local educational agencies, and States accountable for improving the academic achievement of all students
Federal Action Steps

4. Federal Action Steps Distributing and targeting resources sufficiently
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
Providing greater decision-making authority and flexibility to schools and teachers
Federal Action Steps

5. Providing children an enriched and accelerated educational program
Promoting school-wide reform and ensuring the access of children to effective, scientifically based instructional strategies and challenging academic content
Significantly elevating the quality of instruction by providing staff in participating schools with substantial opportunities for professional development
Coordinating services; and affording parents substantial and meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children
Federal Action Steps

6. 75% of Title One students will meet or exceed their spring growth target on the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress). Statistically 50% would be average.
Program Goal #1

7. Percent of students meeting Growth targets:
Grade 2: Goal Met/Not Met
Percent of students meeting Growth targets:
Crest – 38%
Heights – 63%
Hill – 50%
Ridge- 87%
View – 42%
Program Goal #1 Results

8. 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

9. Program Goal #2 Results Grade 1 Comprehension: Goal Met/Not Met?
Percent of students meeting GL targets:
Crest 73%
Heights 65%
Hill 79%
Ridge 71%
View 72%
Grade 1 Fluency: Goal Met/Not Met?
Crest 87%
Hill 53%
Ridge 52%
View 50%
Program Goal #2 Results

10. Program Goal #2 Results Grade 2 Comprehension: Goal Met/Not Met?
Percent of students meeting GL targets:
Crest 81%
Heights 46%
Hill 82%
Ridge 64%
View 54%
Grade 2 Fluency: Goal Met/Not Met?
Crest 31%
Heights 12%
Hill 59%
Ridge 71%
View 15%
Program Goal #2 Results

11. 90% of Title One Parent Survey responses are positive towards the Title One program in the areas of communication about student progress.
Program Goal #3

12. Goal Met: 93% of Title I parents responded positively on the Spring Title I Survey- “Has your child’s progress in Title 1 been clearly communicated to you?”
Crest 100%
Heights 77%
Hill 89%
Ridge 94%
View: 100%
Goal Met: 97% of Title I parents responded positively on the Spring Title I Survey- “The Title I Program is Helpful/Extremely Helpful to my Child”
Crest 100% (24/24)*
Heights 92% (12/13)*
Ridge 100% (9/9)*
View: 96% (22/23)*
System: 97% (67/69)
Program Goal #3 Results

13. Other Parent Survey responses included:
He loves reading now! Thank you so much!
Title Teacher does an amazing job with my son. He is very supportive of my son and helping him set and achieve goals
We are very pleased with the program and very impressed with our child’s outcome!
The program helped my son. I also learned how to help at home.
This program is invaluable! My child has grown so much this year!
Program Goal #3 Results

14. Parent Advisory Council Meeting June 3, 2015
Ideas to Improve our Title One Program:
Other ways to get information
Videos s
Phone calls
Consider 1-1 optional meeting with Title 1 Teacher in the fall in addition to the parent night group meeting
Want to know how to help their child at home
More time at conferences to talk to Title 1 Teacher
Parent Advisory Council Meeting June 3, 2015

15. 2015 – 2016 Action Steps for Improvement
Align our identification, monitoring and communication with parents to the FAST assessments, integrate substantially deficient into Title Program
Use diagnostic assessments in conjunction with classroom teachers to identify explicit teaching objectives
Use strategies to increase level of performance in the area of fluency
All Title teachers will begin a 3 year class on LTRS training to increase capacity
2015 – 2016 Action Steps for Improvement

16. New Iowa Law 2012–Code §279.68 Early Literacy Progression
Research shows that children’s third-grade reading skills can predict their future success, and proficient readers are more likely to graduate from high school and earn a good living
Goal all children proficient readers by 3rd grade
Required screening assessment 3x year
90 minutes of reading instruction daily
Intervention & monitoring for students who not proficient
Parent communication, parent contract
Retention at end of 3rd grade if not proficient – some exceptions
New Iowa Law 2012–Code § Early Literacy Progression

17. Future Considerations
Supporting building level implementation of the Literacy Norms and a Multi-tiered System of Support (MTSS)
Explore options for scheduling more 1-1 contact with Title 1 Teacher
Future Considerations

18. Questions?
Questions???