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ST. JAMES PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT, LA
STUDY PROFILE
Evaluation Period: 2012–2013
Grades: 2–8
Assessment: Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI), Scholastic Phonics Inventory (SPI)
Participants: N=112
Implementation: 60 to 90 minutes daily (Stand-Alone
and Integrated With READ 180 )
OVERVIEW
St. James Parish School District (SJPSD) enrolls approximately 4,200 students in Grades PreK–12 in 11 schools. The majority of students in St. James Parish are African American (66%), 33% are Caucasion, and 1% are Hispanic. Twelve percent are students with disabilities.
During the 2012–2013 school year, SJPSD implemented System 44 across eight schools throughout the district. A total of 112 elementary and middle school students in Grades 2 through 8 were selected to participate in a study of System 44’s effectiveness. Students who were placed into System 44 classrooms at SJPSD were expected to receive 60 to 90 minutes of instruction ve times per week. The model varied across the district with some schools using a stand-alone System 44 implementation and some schools using an integrated System 44/READ 180 model.
Elementary and middle school students improve on decoding and uency after using System 44.
RESULTS
SPI and SRI data were collected and analyzed for students
who used the program during the 2012–2013 school
year. SPI and SRI outcomes showed positive gains for the System 44 students on measures of decoding, uency, and comprehension. Analysis of SPI Decoding Status showed that the percentage of System 44 students identi ed as Developing Decoder or Advancing Decoder increased from the rst SPI assessment to the last, whereas the percentage of students identi ed as Pre-Decoder or Beginning Decoder decreased (Graph 1). System 44 students also made gains in SPI Total Fluency from the rst SPI assessment to the last, with over half of students (54%) demonstrating a four point increase in uency. On SRI, System 44 students demonstrated gains in their Lexile (L) scores from pretest to posttest (240L), with 41% of students exceeding individual growth expectations (Graph 2).
