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Read to Achieve

Read to Achieve. 3 rd Grade Parent Night Tuesday, September 30 th , 2014. Tonight's Expectations. What is Read to Achieve? What are the short-term and long-term ramifications of RtA on my child?

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Read to Achieve

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  1. Read to Achieve 3rd Grade Parent Night Tuesday, September 30th, 2014

  2. Tonight's Expectations • What is Read to Achieve? • What are the short-term and long-term ramifications of RtA on my child? • How does RtA connect with the North Carolina DPI, Iredell-Statesville School and Lake Norman Elementary processes? • Question & Answer opportunities

  3. Do any of these thoughts ever come to mind? • My child tests, but nothing is ever done. What does the teacher do with the test results? • Why can’t the teacher teach the way I was taught? I mean, look how wonderful I am! • Why does my child test so much? • How does the teacher ever find time to teach?

  4. Alignment for student learning When schools are able to align curriculum, instruction and assessments, student learning will occur.

  5. Iredell-Statesville Schools

  6. Classroom PDSA

  7. What will we do if they don’t learn it?

  8. Read to Achieve • Excellent Public Schools Act • Elimination of Social Promotion • NC GS 115C-83

  9. Flow Chart

  10. RtA Timeline • August: Beginning of Grade (BOG) Assessment • September: Reading 3D Fall Assessment • October: Portfolio Begins • November: Benchmark 1 Assessment • January: Reading 3D Winter Assessment • May: Reading 3D Spring Assessment • June: End of Grade (EOG), Summer Reading Camp

  11. Good Cause Exemptions • LEP Students • Students with disabilities AND are on alternative assessments • Students who demonstrate proficiency on an alternate assessment approved by DPI and Iredell-Statesville Schools • Students who demonstrate proficiency through the 3rd Grade Reading Portfolio • Students who have been retained more than once

  12. Reading Summer Camp • When?: June – July (TBD) • Time?: 4 days per week for 3 hours • Where?: TBD • Who?: Selected teachers • A student must attend or enroll in a state approved alternative camp

  13. Reading Portfolio • Currently done for students scoring a developmental score <439 • Components • Reading 3D Data • Personalized Education Plan or PEP- (RtITiered Support Document- Dolphin Time interventions, SAIL) • Skill Check Passages • Timeline: October 1 through May, longer if needed

  14. Skill Check- Passages • Passages are generally 1 page and have 5 questions • Must show mastery in 3 passages • Mastery defined as 70% or 11/15 • 10 available passages per standard • Only allowed to take 3 per week • Students take 1 per week if BOG greater or equal to 439 • Students have exposure to instructional passages

  15. A typical day in 3rd Grade

  16. Do any of these thoughts ever come to mind? • My child tests, but nothing is ever done. What does the teacher do with the test results? • Why can’t the teacher teach the way I was taught? • Why does my child test so much? • How does the teacher ever find time to teach?

  17. What can parents do? • Attendance • Don’t add anxiety or pressure • Encourage best effort • Communication and involvement

  18. Questions?

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