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Race/Ethnicity Text Reading Level Fall to Year-End
Intervention Status/ Fall Entry Exit Year-End Gain
Study Group N mean SD n mean SD n mean SD n mean SD n mean SD
Multiple Races 12 0.4 0.9 17 1.7 1.7 14 11.4 5.2 17 12.5 4.8 12 11.5 4.7
All Served 134 0.5 0.8 194 1.6 1.8 127 10.6 5.3 178 11.7 5.2 120 11.2 5.2
Effectiveness with English Language Learners
Students who speak another language at home and who received a complete intervention discontinued at
a rate of 43%, as compared to their language dominant peers at 53%. English Language Learners who
received a full program gained on average 12 text reading levels from fall to the end of the year. It is
unclear if there is correlation between level of English proficiency and success in Reading Recovery.
One school, Schenk Elementary, waited to select some language learners to receive services until after
they had received an intervention tailored to oral language development.
Table 2.2.4 Intervention Status of Students with Complete Interventions by Fall Oral English Proficiency:
Madison Metropolitan SO, 2011-2012
Fall Oral Discontinued Recommend Full
ed Prog.
Enalish Proficiencv n row% n row% n
(No Response) 35 36.8 60 63.2 95
Isolated words 1 100 1
Isolated phrases 10 71.4 4 28.6 14
Complete sentences 6 60 4 40 10
Coherent sentences 2 100 2
All Fall English 53 43.4 69 56.6 122
Proficiency Responses
Descubriendo Ia Lectura
This year, MMSD launched a Spanish reconstruction of Reading Recovery, Descubriendo Ia Lectura.
Discontinuation rates for students who received full programs were 50%, just below the Reading
Recovery rate. Students who were considered for intervention scored significantly lower on average
than their counterparts in English. Three of the four students served in DLL had received core literacv
instruction in English, and were at the very early stages of Spanish language development. In 2012-
2013, a total of 5 DLL teachers will implement the program at their respective schools (Glendale,
Midvale, Nuestro Mundo, Leopold, and Sandburg, providing further data to inform teaching and
implementation.
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