Scammon Elementary School

4201 West Henderson, Chicago, IL

CPS: Network 1

July 30, 2014

ACHIEVE 3000

WELCOME !!

www.scammonschool.com

Network 1

• Consists of 50 schools• 47 Elementary Schools• 4 High Schools• Located on the Northwest side of Chicago• Majority of Level 1, High Performing Schools• Demographics largely were predominately white,

middle class, 2 income families• Neighborhoods where schools were located were

consistently stable over the last 20 years

Scammon School

• 1 of 6 schools within network with largely Hispanic population, located by Belmont and Pulaski, adjacent to Hermosa neighborhood

• 87% Hispanic• 97% low income• 25% SWDs• 45% ELLs• 900 students in Pre K - 8

Scammon School: Performance• 2008 Level 2 - Not on Probation

• Summer of 2008 New Performance Metrics were implemented by CPS affecting many schools

• 2009 Level 3 - Probation

• Ron Huberman, CEO, implemented Performance Management ‘Deep Dives’, and weekly meetings to showcase leaders of Poor Performing Schools. O’Hare / Network 1 implemented the same process for all of its schools

• 6 Schools, including Scammon, received Strategic Planning Consultant, numerous visits from Network personnel – NOT SUPPORT, just numerous visitors and ‘observers’

• 2010 Level 3 – Probation

• 2011 Level 2 – Not on Probation

• 2012 Level 2 – Not on Probation

• 2013 Level 1 – Not on Probation

• 2013 SQRP Policy implemented which was far more demanding for

CPS Schools

SCAMMON SCHOOL, 2014

•2014 SQRP RATING •TIER 1•LEVEL 1

How did this happen?

• January of 2011• O’Hare Network purchased ACHIEVE 3000 for some

schools as part of ARRA grants. Each principal selected their programs from an array offered

• RFP for HYBRID BLENDED Learning Environment was selected as APPLE IPAD winner for our 5th grade

• Professional Development for both items occurred between March – May 2011 (limited), and throughout the 2012 school year

OUTCOMES

Spring of 2012, our 5th graders outscored our 8th graders by a wide margin

Fall of 2013, Scammon School became a 2nd-8th Grade fully Blended Learning Environment

How did this happen?• Full implementation of ACHIEVE 3000 with

fidelity• Accountability• Progress Monitoring• Principal, AP oversight - consistently• Distribution of school wide scores, classroom scores,

teacher’s scores to full staff – consistently• Ongoing Professional Development from ACHIEVE 3000

personnel throughout duration of our contract

SCAMMON ES – Lexile Scores Related to Frequency of ACHIEVE 3000 Use

1Expected growth is calculated based on MetaMetrics’ annual expected Lexile growth and then length of time students used Achieve3000 software.

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• Scammons students who used Achieve3000 at least twice weekly (80+ sessions total) achieved Spring 2014 Lexile scores of 704 points, a 89-point gain over and above the expected growth for one year.1

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SCAMMON ES – Lexile Scores Related to Quality of ACHIEVE 3000 Use

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• Achieve3000’s Multiple Choice Activity is a formative assessment allowing teachers to monitor student understanding of the text. Scores of 75% or higher typically indicate that students are applying themselves to their work and reading at a level that fosters their literacy development. Achieve3000 recommends that teachers monitor students to ensure performance in this range.

• Scammons students averaging 75% or greater on these activities achieved Lexile scores of 970 points, a 129-point gain over and above the expected growth for one year.6

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SCAMMON ES – Lexile Scores Related to Overall Fidelity of ACHIEVE 3000 Use

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• Scammons students who used Achieve3000 with high overall fidelity (completing at least 40 reading sessions and scoring, on average, 75% or greater) achieved Lexile scores of 975 points, a 132-point gain over and above the expected growth for one year.

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Scammon’s ES Lexile Growth

THANK YOU ACHIEVE 3000 !!!

With ACHIEVE 3000 we were able to ACHIEVE

AMAZING RESULTS……………

Incentives•School wide knowledge of lexiles and RIT Scores and future goals – Student Empowerment and student control of their own learning

•$100.00 Visa Card for greatest growth in Reading and Math at all grade levels each Spring

•¼ ly Pep Rallies, full acknowledgement from student body as each student is called out and receives an award on stage, photo-ops, web site postings, posted on 1st floor Bulletin Boards

•Dog tags / necklace representing different colors indicating College Ready

Scammon Increases the Rigor!!• 2013-2014 2014-2015

Scammon School • Current Lexile Level 2014-15

• Are you College Ready ?

Thank you all and enjoy

what little summer is left!!