Title I Program Evaluation

Title I Program Evaluation Report to the IDOE (Site Visit): April 3rd, 2014 Parent Advisory Meeting/Program Evaluation: May 27th, 2014 Report to the CCSD Board of Education: June 16th, 2014 Todd Martin, Title I Coordinator

Agenda: Welcome & Introductions Agenda-Review & Preview Data Review Evaluate Title I Parent Involvement Policy and Compact Parent Involvement and Participation Feedback Closure Agenda

Purpose: • Our purpose is to conduct a Title I Program Evaluation, eliciting feedback and input from all stakeholders, in efforts to continue to improve our programs and services for all learners and families. • Build, fortify, and sustain partnerships with families to enhance the educational experience for learners. Purpose

Purpose: • To ensure that all children have a fair, equal, and significant opportunity to obtain a high-quality education and reach proficiency on challenging State academic achievement standards and state academic assessments. This purpose can be accomplished by……. Title I Program

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

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

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

Continue to collaborate with classroom teachers to align instruction • Work with classroom teachers to regularly use assessment data to drive decision-making • Use developmentally appropriate strategies to increase level of performance in the area of fluency • Consider tracking 3rd grade students (served by Title I in 2nd grade) to determine growth 2013 – 2014 Action Steps for Improvement

75% of Title I students will meet or exceed their spring growth target on the MAP (Measures of Academic Progress). Program Goal #1

Program Goal #1 Results

80% of Title I students will meet or exceed grade level targets for fluency and comprehension as measured by the spring BRI (Basic Reading Inventory). Program Goal #2

Program Goal #2 Results

90% of Title I Parent Survey responses are positive towards the Title I program in the areas of student services provided, communication, and opportunities for family/parent support. Program Goal #3

Goal Met: 97% of parents responded positively on the Spring Title I Survey- “The Title I Program is Helpful/Extremely Helpful to my Child.” District: 97% (73/75) Program Goal #3 Results

53%of Title I parents completed the survey: • 71% for Crest (24/34)* • 34% for Heights (14/41)* • 77% for Ridge (30/39)* • 30% for View (9/30)* • System Total: 53% (77/144) Program Goal #3 Results

Other Parent Survey responses included: • In what ways has the Title I program helped your child? Mark all that apply. • My child can use decoding skills to figure out unknown words. • (66/75 = 88%) • My child can understand what they read. • (55/75 = 73%) • My child has moved from word-by-word reading to reading in phrases and chunks. • (55/75 = 76%) • I notice my child’s vocabulary is expanding. • (40/75 = 53%) • What changes have you seen in your child’s confidence about reading and school? • My child picks up and reads books independently. • (57/75= 76%) • My child reads from a variety of books with a broad range of topics. • (36/75 = 48%) Program Goal #3 Results

Parent Policy/Compact Feedback: • Compact (no change): • More feedback throughout the year • Mini workshops for parents • Parent Policy (no change): • Communication-technology (e-mail), PTC-meet, data binders, goal setting in initial meeting (Sept.-Nov.), shared prompts for learners, Parent Advisory Council MeetingMay 27, 2014

Parent Involvement Ideas: • More feedback throughout the year • Communication-technology (e-mail), PTC-meet, data binders, goal setting in initial meeting (Sept.-Nov.), shared prompts for learners • Mini workshops for parents • Target goals for Title I students • Surveys-Paper/Electronically Parent Advisory Council MeetingMay 27, 2014

Ideas to Improve our Title I Program: • Virtual Classroom as a support mechanism to continue working with 3rd grade and up (parents) • We need additional supports for 3rd-4thgrade(parents) • Restructure Core (staff group), system alignment between classrooms and interventionist (staff group) • Title I groups in the classrooms rather than pull out • Increasing interventionist FTEs (staff group) • Utilize Data Teams process to collectively communicate standards/strategies (staff group) • Change role of strategist (staff group) Parent Advisory Council MeetingMay 27, 2014

Implications for new FAST Assessments (State Literacy Assessments) for all elementary schools in the 2014-15 school year • Considerations regarding number of students on Title ITeachers’ rosters • Consider additional FTS for interventions • Additional Support for Title I students through Multi-Tiered Systems od Support/Response to Intervention (MTSS/RTI) Future Considerations

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Title I Program Evaluation