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Disability
143L
Fall 2009 Spring 2010
153L
Western United States
261L
250L
186L
405L
Gain: 32L
Gain: 118L
105L
Gain: 97L
Gain: 219L
73L
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MODESTO CITY SCHOOLS, CA
STUDY PROFILE
Evaluation Period: 2009–2010
Grades: 4–11
Assessment: Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) Participants: N=74
Implementation: 90 minutes daily (Stand-Alone and Integrated With READ 180 )
Students with disabilities demonstrate higher performance on SRI.
OVERVIEW
Located in California’s central valley, Modesto City Schools (MCS) serves approximately 30,600 students in Grades K–12. Approximately 36% of the student population is Hispanic, 29% Caucasian, 7% Asian/Paci c Islander, 5% African American, 1% American Indian, and 2% include other ethnic origins. One-quarter (26%) of students are English language learners (ELL), and 13% are students with disabilities.
During the 2009–2010 school year, MCS implemented System 44 with students with disabilities in elementary, middle, and high school Special Day Classes (SDC). These students performed at the Below Basic or Far Below Basic performance level on the California Standards Test of English Language Arts (CST ELA) or scored at performance level 1, 2, or 3 on the California English Language Development Test (CELDT). They evidenced low reading comprehension scores on SRI and dif culty with word-reading skills on SPI.
Teachers integrated System 44 into a 90-minute reading block. In the majority of classrooms, System 44 was incorporated into the existing READ 180 program. A stand-alone version was implemented in the district’s Language Academy. In all classrooms, students were expected to use the software for at least 20 minutes each day.
RESULTS
Fall 2009 and spring 2010 SRI Lexile (L) data were collected from 74 MCS System 44 students in Grades 4–11. SRI results indicated that on average, System 44 students improved
from a pretest score of 143L to a posttest score of 261L, a statistically signi cant gain of 118L. As Graph 1 shows, over the course of the school year, elementary, middle, and high school System 44 students achieved average gains of 32L, 97L, and 219L, respectively.
GRAPH 1
Modesto City Schools System 44 Students, Grades 4–11 (N=74) Performance on SRI by Grade Level, 2009–2010
450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100
50 0
All
(N=74)
Elementary School
(n=18)
Middle School
(n=34)
High School
(n=22)
Note. The gains in Lexile were statistically signi cant for all students (t=4.73, p=.00), middle school students (t=2.78, p=.01), and high school students (t=4.21, p=.00). Gains in Lexile are rounded to the nearest integer.
SRI Lexile Score