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Reading. Nancy McGriff Library Media Specialist South Central Community Schools Union Mills, Indiana nmcgriff@scentral.k12.in.us October 2002. …Because Student Achievement IS THE BOTTOM LINE. Monitoring the Mission Statement. Monitoring the Mission Statement. Standards .
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Reading Nancy McGriffLibrary Media SpecialistSouth Central Community SchoolsUnion Mills, Indiananmcgriff@scentral.k12.in.usOctober 2002 …Because Student Achievement IS THE BOTTOM LINE
Standards Language Arts Academic Standards All Grade Levels Standard 1 READING: Word Recognition, Fluency, and Vocabulary Development Standard 2 READING: Reading Comprehension Standard 3 READING: Literary Response and Analysis
Standards Information Literacy Standards • Standard 1—access • Standard 2—evaluates • Standard 3—uses • Standard 4—personal interest • Standard 5—literature • Standard 6—generate knowledge
Action Research Project Did students improve reading achievement, as measured by test scores, through participation in the reading motivation program? • GEAR 1998-99 (300 minutes monthly outside of school) • RAMP 1999-2000 (250 minutes monthly outside of school) • SPORTS 2000-2001(300 minutes monthly outside of school) • ISTEP+ Scores • Third grade 1998 (baseline) • Sixth grade 2001
Data Sources • Access • Circulation records • Collection size records • Does collection size make a difference? • Does circulation increase when new books are added? • Does circulation increase when a reading program is introduced and continued?
Year Collection Size Items Per Student Total Yearly Circulations Circulations Per Student 1997-98 19,994 23.5 22,483 26.45 1998-99 22,448 26.4 25,711 30.2 1999-2000 24,511 28.8 29,725 34.9 2000-01 26,016 30.6 32,779 38.5 FindingsAccess
Data Sources • Student reading • Student reading logs • Monthly • Minutes read • What read • Verified by parent • Tallied and put into spreadsheet • See Student Reading Logs on this site • See Student Tally Sheet on this site
Data Sources • Student achievement • ISTEP+ reading test scores in 3rd and 6th grade • CTB reading test scores in 4th and 5th grade • 3rd grade ISTEP+ as a baseline • 6th grade ISTEP+ as a snapshot after 3 years of participation • See Student Data Spreadsheet on this site
Data Analysis • Average number of minutes reading all students • Compare students who participated 0, 1, 2, 3 years • Average ISTEP+ total reading, reading comprehension, reading vocabulary • By years of participation • By level of participation (minutes read)
FindingsIncreasing, Moderate Positive Correlation Between Minutes and Scores
Other Data Sources • Indiana Department of Education ASAP http://doe.state.in.us • Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/department.asp?d=2 • American Association of School Librarians http://www.ala.org/aasl