Sunday, October 28, 2012

Just a couple of notes about my ARP (Thanks, Travis!)

I don’t think I ever really just came out and stated any of this…so here it goes.

First, the title of my ARP will be Effects of a Multi-Faceted Reading Intervention Program on the Overall Performance of Struggling Reader.
Second, a summary of my ARP follows: Students will be placed in the sample group by virtue of low performance on the Spring 2012 administration of the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) Reading test and/or our Spring 2012 or Fall 2012 campus Universal Screen using the STAR Reading assessment from Renaissance Learning.
Once placed in the sample group, the students will be scheduled for a daily reading improvement class in place of an elective course. The multi-faceted reading intervention program will incorporate the following elements: daily use of audio books (cassette tape recordings or mp3 recordings of unabridged novels played while the student follows along in a bound copy of the same text) four days each week; the use of summary bookmarks after every reading session to chunk information and build memory, comprehension, and sequencing skills; the Istation Reading with ISIP web-based intervention program at home (when available), in tutorials, and once each week after students complete progress monitoring assessments; weekly administration of the STAR Reading assessment for progress monitoring; and monthly administration of the Istation Indicators of Progress (ISIP) assessment as a secondary progress monitor and diagnostic tool.
Data from these assessments, the Accelerated Reader program (to track audio book success), grades in core classes, and state assessments will be used to determine the validity of the multi-faceted program and the amount of overall success enjoyed by the students in the sample group. 

2 comments:

  1. You're right! You project is very similar to mine! We are also test driving the iStation program, as well as TTM. I'm interested in the summary bookmarks after reading sessions. Is that something the teacher comes up with? We've only used ISIP once and I honestly haven't looked at any reports! I better get on that! Looking forward to watching your plan progress!

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  2. Yeah...I mean, I've heard of the strategy a million times and have even seem workbooks full of bookmarks that help summarize, analyze, evaluate...everything. But I made up the one we're using. It's a piece of notebook paper folded in half (hamburger fold). Then they take the "bottom" of the sheet of paper and fold it up toward the crease they just made. Then they flip it over and fold the "top" of the sheet up to the original crease. This makes an accordion that they can flip through one "page" at a time documenting each summary with a set of page numbers (beginning-end). This allows them to chunk a book into eight parts, summarize each chunk, then review before they quiz.

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