Title One Program Evaluation

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. 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. 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. 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. 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? Percent of students meeting GL targets: • Crest 87% • Heights 65% • Hill 53% • Ridge 52% • View 50% Program Goal #2 Results

10. 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? Percent of students meeting GL targets: • 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% 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. Ideas to Improve our Title One Program: • Other ways to get information • Videos • Emails • 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 MeetingJune 3, 2015

15. 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. 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 §279.68 Early Literacy Progression

17. 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???