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Disability • Economically Disadvantaged
Northern United States
306L
Fall 2009 Spring 2010
336L
251L
117L
119L
113L
Gain: 138L
Gain: 189L
Gain: 217L
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BAY CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MI
STUDY PROFILE
Evaluation Period: 2009–2010
Grades: 3–8
Assessment: Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) Participants: N=129
Implementation: 45 to 90 minutes daily (Stand-Alone)
Strong literacy achievement for students
with disabilities and at-risk youth.
OVERVIEW
Bay City Public Schools (BCPS) serves approximately 9,000 students in Grades K–12. The student population is composed of the following ethnicities: 86% Caucasian, 6% Hispanic, 4% African American, 1% American Indian/Alaskan Native, less than 1% Asian/Paci c Islander, and 2% unspeci ed. Nearly half (47%) of all students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
BCPS adopted System 44 to improve the foundational reading skills of elementary, middle, and high school students performing poorly on the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS), SRI, the Michigan Education Assessment Program (MEAP), and oral reading uency and district benchmark data. BCPS prioritized placing students with disabilities and students who were receiving Title I funds, or who were otherwise designated as being at risk. During the 2009–2010 school year, System 44 was implemented at seven elementary schools,
one middle school, and one high school. The stand-alone implementation model varied by classroom, and was 45 to 90 minutes per day.
RESULTS
During the 2009–2010 school year, SRI data was collected from 129 students in Grades 3–8. Dependent t-tests revealed that, overall, students demonstrated signi cant improvement
on SRI in Lexile (L) score. On average, students enrolled in System 44 advanced from 117L in fall 2009 to 306L in spring 2010. The average 189L gain was statistically signi cant. These improvements were evidenced for both elementary and middle school students. Elementary students in Grades 3–5 gained an average of 217L, and middle school students in Grades 6–8 gained an average of 138L (Graph 1). Due to the success of the program, BCPS expanded the program to an additional middle and high school during the 2010–2011 school year.
GRAPH 1
Bay City Public Schools System 44 Students, Grades 3–8 (N=129) Performance on SRI by School Level, 2009–2010
400 350 300 250 200 150 100
50 0
All
(N=129)
Elementary
(n=84)
Note. The gains in Lexile were statistically signi cant for all students (t=12.03, p=.00), elementary students (t=10.90, p=.00), and middle school students (t=5.74, p=.00).
Middle
(n=45)
SRI Lexile Score