public consulting group case study - reading program evaluation

THE CHALLENGE Despite district-wide eorts to improve achievement in reading, a large percentage o Providence students continued to score below profciency on the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) State Assessment or Reading and on the Stanord 10 Reading Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension tests. There was a long pattern o cumulative defcits in reading as students moved through the grades. The district had invested considerable resources in establishing a balanced approach to literacy at the elementary level and a disciplinary approach to literacy at the middle and high school levels, but had no inormation about the quality o implementation or instructional eectiveness. The district had also initiated a Response to Intervention (RTI) approach in the elementary schools with no assessment o school readiness to implement RT I. In 2006, the concerns o the school board and district leaders led to a mandate to conduct a K-12 Reading Program Evaluation. THE PCG APPROACH In 2006 Public Consulting Group’s Center or Resource Management (PCG-CRM) conducted a comprehensive K-12 reading program evaluation utilizing an evaluation approach that triangulated data rom three sources: 1) robust analyses o student achievement patterns; 2) an integrated analysis o program, school, and district actors that had an impact on instructional eectiveness; and 3) best practices rom the research and practice knowledge base that could inorm program improvement. The evaluation provided a longitudinal growth analysis o the progress o specifc student cohorts over time, and identifed actors that contributed to less than satisactory levels o achievement in reading. The evaluation provided an analysis o reading instruction at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, and identifed implementation issues schools were experiencing with RTI. The comprehensive evaluation report provided action-oriented recommendations or improvement. THE RESUL T The PCG-CRM K-12 Reading Program Evaluation contributed to the development o the Providence K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan in 2007. The plan proposed a more integrated vision o K-12 reading instruction and the strengthening o the multi-tiered RTI approach to reading. Key elements included the addition o a core reading program at the elementary level, supplemental instruction, and intensive interventions or struggling readers. A new elementary structure was created that allowed strategic support to schools where reading achievement was the lowest, and the district allocated resources to hire reading specialists or the 2007-08 school year A District Literacy Leadership Team was created to establish a unifed leadership structure to support reading instruction across the schools. Public Consulin g Group, I nc. | 148 Sae Sree, T enh Floor, Bos on, Massachusets 02109 | el: (617) 426-2026 fax: (617) 426-4632 Copyright Public Consulting Group, Inc. THE CLIENT Providence Public Schools, Providence RI THE PROJECT K-12 evaluation o the district’s reading program case study: K-12 Reading Program Evaluation www.pcgeducation.com

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THE CHALLENGE

Despite district-wide eorts to improve achievement in reading, a largepercentage o Providence students continued to score below profciencyon the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) StateAssessment or Reading and on the Stanord 10 Reading Vocabulary andReading Comprehension tests. There was a long pattern o cumulativedefcits in reading as students moved through the grades. The districthad invested considerable resources in establishing a balanced approachto literacy at the elementary level and a disciplinary approach to literacyat the middle and high school levels, but had no inormation about thequality o implementation or instructional eectiveness. The district hadalso initiated a Response to Intervention (RTI) approach in the elementaryschools with no assessment o school readiness to implement RTI. In 2006,

the concerns o the school board and district leaders led to a mandate toconduct a K-12 Reading Program Evaluation.

THE PCG APPROACH

In 2006 Public Consulting Group’s Center or Resource Managemen(PCG-CRM) conducted a comprehensive K-12 reading program evaluationutilizing an evaluation approach that triangulated data rom three sources

1) robust analyses o student achievement patterns; 2) an integratedanalysis o program, school, and district actors that had an impact on

instructional eectiveness; and 3) best practices rom the research andpractice knowledge base that could inorm program improvement. Theevaluation provided a longitudinal growth analysis o the progress ospecifc student cohorts over time, and identifed actors that contributedto less than satisactory levels o achievement in reading. The evaluationprovided an analysis o reading instruction at the elementary, middle, andhigh school levels, and identifed implementation issues schools wereexperiencing with RTI. The comprehensive evaluation report providedaction-oriented recommendations or improvement.

THE RESULT The PCG-CRM K-12 Reading Program Evaluation contributed to thedevelopment o the Providence K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan

in 2007. The plan proposed a more integrated vision o K-12 readinginstruction and the strengthening o the multi-tiered RTI approach toreading. Key elements included the addition o a core reading program atthe elementary level, supplemental instruction, and intensive interventionor struggling readers. A new elementary structure was created thaallowed strategic support to schools where reading achievement was th

lowest, and the district allocated resources to hire reading specialists othe 2007-08 school year A District Literacy Leadership Team was createdto establish a unifed leadership structure to support reading instructionacross the schools.

Public Consuling Group, Inc. | 148 Sae Sree, Tenh Floor, Boson, Massachusets 02109 | el: (617) 426-2026 fax: (617) 426-4632

THE CLIENT Providence Public Schools, Providence RI

THE PROJECT

K-12 evaluation o the district’s reading program

case study:K-12 Reading Program Evaluation

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