1. Office of District and School Accountability and Program Management Larry Smith and Taylor L. Young, Ph.D. 1

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13. Grade 3 Reading Median percentile of questions answered correctly 60 to 69 Median percentile of questions answered correctly less than 60% Vocabulary Comprehension/ Critical Literacy Literature Research and information Vocabulary Comprehension/ Critical Literacy Literature Research and information All67 All 50 Regular Education 6367Regular Education Special Education 50 3850 ELL 5583850 Grade 4 Reading Median percentile of questions answered correctly 60 to 69 Median percentile of questions answered correctly less than 60% Vocabulary Comprehension/ Critical Literacy Literature Research and information Vocabulary Comprehension/ Critical Literacy Literature Research and information All67 All Regular Education67 Regular Education Special Education 50574450 ELL 50525650 Grade 5 Reading Median percentile of questions answered correctly 60 to 69 Median percentile of questions answered correctly less than 60% Vocabulary Comprehension/ Critical Literacy Literature Research and information Vocabulary Comprehension/ Critical Literacy Literature Research and information All 58 Regular Education 58 Special Education67 Special Education 534257 ELL 58504257 Grade 6 Reading Median percentile of questions answered correctly 60 to 69 Median percentile of questions answered correctly less than 60% Vocabulary Comprehension/ Critical Literacy Literature Research and information Vocabulary Comprehension/ Critical Literacy Literature Research and information All63 6763All Regular Education 68 63Regular Education Special Education 5047 38 ELL 3847 28 13

14. The degree to which these trends continue into 2012-13 is directly related to the actions we take today!. 14

15.  Students who are economically disadvantaged continue to experience significant achievement gaps when compared to students who are not economically disadvantaged.  This widening gap warrants a substantial review of how Title I resources are utilized to directly support the instruction of Literacy across all reporting groups of students but specifically students who are economically disadvantaged, English Language Learners and Special Education.  As the number of English Language Learners and Special Education students completing OCCT’s increase, additional support/interventions will be required to address the growing disproportion of students scoring below proficient. ◦ The one variable that all three groups experience is Literacy Instruction 15