Achieve3000

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Achieve3000
Mill Creek Middle School Kent School District
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Presentation Overview

• Student Impact
• 11 Classrooms
• Lab Classrooms
• Teacher Impact
• Implementation Observations
• Student Response
• Teacher Response
• Administrator Response

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Implementation

• Four teachers
• Two seventh grade, two eighth grade
• Two 11 classrooms, two lab classrooms
• Approximately 420 students
• 150 students in 11 classrooms
• 270 students in lab classrooms
• January 2007 to present
• Training days December and March

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Student Impact

• Improved reading skills
• Better prepared for standardized testing
• Increased interest and motivation
• Reading Skills
• Current Events
• Economics

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Improved Reading Skills

• Average gains
• Below average students 1 to 2 grade levels
• Average students 1 grade level
• Above average students ½ grade level
• Second chance format allows growth
• Understanding of informational text

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Improved Reading Skills

• 11 Classrooms

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Data Chart Classroom A
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Data Table Classroom A
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Data Table Classroom A
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Improved Reading Skills

• Lab Classrooms

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Data Chart Classroom B
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Data Table Classroom B
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Data Chart Classroom B
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Preparation for Testing

• Questions
• Vary each day
• Are tied to state standards
• Passages
• Are similar in length
• Include new vocabulary words

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Daily Activities
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Preparation for Testing

• 11 Classrooms

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Degrees of Reading Power
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Preparation for Testing

• Lab Classrooms

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Degrees of Reading Power
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Increased Interest/Motivation

• Class discussions
• Each student participates
• Global view of current issues
• Linked websites
• Individual feedback via email
• Students track personal growth
• Contests and programs

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Interest/Motivation

• 11 Classrooms

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Student Use Jan-Apr
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Student Use Jan-Apr
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Interest/Motivation

• Lab Classrooms

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Student Use Jan-Apr
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Student Use Jan-Apr
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Comparison Total Activities
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Comparison After School
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Comparison After School
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Teacher Impact

• Formative assessments
• Summative assessments
• Aligned with Washington state standards

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Formative Assessments

• Daily news activities
• Snapshot of all standards
• State standard chart by student
• Mastery, additional practice, intervention
• Analysis of particular standard
• By student
• Possible activities for practice

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Daily News Activities
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Summary of Activities
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Analysis of a Standard
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Snapshot of Standards
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Data Collection
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Summative Assessments

• Online Lexile assessment
• Pre, interim, and post
• Dates are flexible
• 30 questions
• Questions adjust as student progresses
• Ability to re-administer if results are invalid
• System updates student level
• Indication of growth and needs

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Lexile Summary
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State Standards

• Search for lessons
• Match standards or content
• Reading and writing activities are written
  similar to state testing
• Stock simulation enhances study of economics

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Search Results
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Writing Activities
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Stock Portfolio
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Implementation Observations
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Student Response
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Teacher Response

• Lexile scores for each student
• Monitoring of activities
• Differentiated instruction
• High student interest
• Designed with the teacher in mind

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Administrator Response

• High level of engagement in all levels
• Accessible text for all learners
• Overwhelming positive response from teachers in
  all levels
• Positive preliminary data

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Conclusion

• A meaningful tool for students
• A powerful tool for teachers
• A practical tool for administrators