School Plan - Blytheville Public Schools

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Goal
Benchmark
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80% students met DIBELS NWF benchmark
END OF YEAR ASSESSMENTS:
81% students met DIBELS LNF benchmark
90% students met DIBELS PSF benchmark
84% students met DIBELS NWF benchmark
After analyzing the data, it was determined that benchmark assessments given at the end of
September rather than in August as in previous years shows a more accurate assessment of a
student's beginning year knowledge. Overall, scores in all subtests remained consistent with the
previous year's overall percentages. Letter Naming Fluency skills remained the weakest of the three
subtests.
After reviewing the portfolios which include DIBELS, we have found the following:
In first grade, the 2009-2010 literacy assessments indicate that students have made gains in the
area of Phoneme Segmentation Fluency (94% proficient at the beginning compared to 97%
proficient at the end of the year.) Data indicates that the areas of weakness are Nonsense Word
Fluency (91% proficient at the beginning of the year and 85% proficient at the end of the year) and
Oral Reading Fluency (68% proficient at the middle of the year compared to 58% proficient at the
end of the year).
In second grade, the 2009-2010 data indicates second grade students made gains in Nonsense
Word Fluency (78% proficient at the beginning of the year compared to 100% at the end of the
year). Data also indicates that the area of weakness was Oral Reading Fluency (61% proficient at
the beginning of the year compared to 47% proficient at the end of the year).
Blytheville Primary School participated in a Scholastic Audit in 2010-2011. The data is in the
restructuring section.
Blytheville Primary School is a feeder school for Central Elementary School. Using data from AS-IS
and NORMES, the average daily attendance for Central Elementary School was 94.83% in
2009-2010, and 94.83% in 2010-2011, and 95% in 2011-2012.
Blytheville Primary is a Needs Improvement School as a feeder school for Central Elementary
School. Our academic growth will continue to impact the efforts of the students at Central
Elementary School to help maintain and exceed the standards for achievement as determined by
the State Department of Education’s measurement tool.
Kindergarten students will demonstrate an improvement in their ability to identify letters with
automaticity, apply letter sound relationships and sucessfully segment/blend words phonetically.
All first and second grade students will demonstrate an improvement in their vocabulary and listening
skills which will contribute to an improvement of their reading strategies. A specific emphasis will be
placed on multiple-choice literary, practical open response, and writing content and style. Blytheville
Primary School is a feeder school for Central Elementary School.
By the end of the 2012-13 school year, students will achieve the state mandated AMO of 60.43% in
literacy. Currently, 68.26% of all students are scoring proficient or above.
Intervention: ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: Implementation of literacy based on Common Core standards in all
classrooms while promoting the use of Early Literacy Learning in Arkansas (ELLA) and Effective Literacy for Grades
2-4 (ELF) strategies, providing technology for enhanced learning, and encouraging parental involvement in literacy
activities.
Scientific Based Research:
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Children to Read. Jessup, MD: National Institute for Literacy at ED Pubs.
Bear, D.R., Invernizzi, M., Templeton, S., & Johnston, F. (2004). Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics,
Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Beck, Isabel L., McKeown, M. G., & Kucan, L.(2002). Bringing Words to Life, Robust Vocabulary Instruction. New
York, NY: The Guilford Press
Diller, Debbie. (2007). Practice with purpose. Stenhouse Publisher
Dorn, L.J., French, C., & Jones, T. (1998). Apprenticeship in Literacy: Transitions Across Reading and Writing. York,
MN: Stenhouse Publishers.
Dorn, L.J., & Soffos, C. (2001). Scaffolding Young Writers: A Writer’s Workshop Approach. Portland, MN: Stenhouse
Publishers.
Clay, M.M. (1993). An observation survey of early literacy achievement. Auckland, N.Z.:Heinemann.
Clay, M.M. (2005). Literacy Lessons: Part One. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
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