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GRAPH 1
Lawrence Public Schools System 44 Students, Grades 5–10 (N=52) Performance on SPI by Decoding Status, 2009–2010
80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10%
0%
0%
2%
73%
54%
Fall 2009 Spring 2010
25%
38%
25%
6%
2%
Pre-Decoder
Beginning Decoder
Developing Decoder
Advanced Decoder
Note. The increase in the percentage of students performing at the Developing Decoder or Advanced Decoder level was statistically signi cant (t=2.63, p=.00).
TABLE 1
Lawrence Public Schools System 44 Students, Grades 5–10 (N=52) Performance on WJ III and TOWRE, 2009–2010
Test
Mean Fall Standard Score (percentile)
Mean Spring Standard Score (percentile)
Mean Change in Standard Score
TOWRE Total Word Reading Ef ciency
65 (1st)
68 (2nd)
3
TOWRE Sight Word Ef ciency
69 (2nd)
71 (3rd)
3
TOWRE Phonetic Decoding Ef ciency
73 (4th)
75 (5th)
2
WJ lll Word Attack
74 (4th)
83 (13th)
9
WJ lll Letter-Word ID
61 (<1)
71 (3rd)
10
WJ lll Basic Reading Skills Cluster
64 (1st)
74 (5th)
10
Note. The fall-to-spring gains were statistically signi cant for TOWRE Total Reading Ef ciency (t=4.04, p=.00); TOWRE Sight Word Ef ciency (t=3.40, p=.00); TOWRE Phonetic Decoding Ef ciency (t=3.24, p=.00); WJ lll Word Attack (t=7.25, p=.00); WJ lll Letter-Word Identi cation (t=6.06, p=.00); WJ lll Basic Reading Skills (t=7.50, p=.00). All numbers in the table are rounded to the nearest integer.
TABLE 2
Lawrence Public Schools System 44 Students, Grades 5–10 (N=52) Performance on WJ III and TOWRE by Software Usage, 2009–2010
Note. Measures for which there is a statistically signi cant relationship between gains and software time: WJ lll Letter-Word Identi cation (t=4.87, p=.03) and TOWRE Total Reading Ef ciency (t=5.16, p=.03).
Northern United States
Measure
Less Than 20 Hours on the software (n=30)
20 Hours or More on the software (n=30)
WJ lll Letter-Word ID Gain
7
15
TOWRE Total Reading Ef ciency Gain
2
5
13
% of Students