Hill Center Regional Education Model Year One Woodcock-Johnson III Evaluation Results

Brunswick County Schools2009-2010

Presented by:Tamara Walser, Ph.D., Lead Evaluator & Emily Grace, M.Ed., Project CoordinatorThe University of North Carolina Wilmington

Students Included in Evaluation

324 Total Students

Middle School Students

Elementary Students

Evaluation Method

• Students were pretested in Fall 2009 and posttested in Spring 2010

• Individual assessments using four subtests of Woodcock Johnson III Achievement Test

(WJ-III)• Raw scores were converted to age-referenced

standard scores to measure growth

Description of Subtests

• Letter-Word Identification: List of individual words for student to read aloud

• Passage Comprehension: Short sentences containing a blank for student to read and supply appropriate word

• Reading Fluency: Short sentences for student to read quickly and identify as true or false

• Word Attack: List of “nonsense” words for student to read aloud, measuring phonics skills

What are Standard Scores?

• Age-referenced standard scores account for expected academic growth.

A student who makes expected growth would have the same standard score at the pretest and posttest. An increase in a standard score indicates greater than

expected growth; a decrease indicates the opposite.

• The AVERAGE standard score for the WJ-III is 100 where 90-110 is the average range.

All Students (N=324)

Average Score Range

Elementary Students (N=257)

Average Score Range

Middle School Students (N=67)

Subgroup Results: Letter-Word Identification

Average Score Range

Average Score Range

Subgroup Results: Reading Fluency

Average Score Range

Subgroup Results: Passage Comprehension

Average Score Range

Subgroup Results: Word Attack

EC Results: Letter-Word Identification

Average Score Range

Average Score Range

EC Results: Reading Fluency

Average Score Range

EC Results: Passage Comprehension

Average Score Range

EC Results: Word Attack

Next Steps…For the 2009-2010 Annual Evaluation Report:• Will analyze pre- to post-implementation North Carolina End-of-Grade Reading Assessment scores•Will analyze HillRAP student attendance data•Will analyze HillRAP teacher implementation proficiency dataFor the Longitudinal Evaluation:• Will conduct WJ-III posttesting in spring 2011

Questions?

Email: Emily Gracegracee@uncw.edu

For:

•Additional information•A copy of this presentation•For evaluation team to visit your staff