Reading Results

After school Monday brings the weekly staff meeting.  This week, the focus was on Reading data from ISIP (Istation's Indicators of Progress) testing. The ISIP test is computer based and places students into different reading levels.  It is generally administered monthly in order to guide instruction by identifying the skills students need to work on.  One half-hour test gives specific information on a student's reading development.  Phonemic Awareness, Alphabetic Knowledge, Vocabulary, Comprehension, and Fluency are all evaluated and each of area scored individually allowing teachers to tailor their reading instruction.  The different reading levels are:  Red = Low Intensive, Medium Intensive, High Intensive; Yellow =  Low Strategic, Medium Strategic, High Strategic; Green = Low Benchmark, Medium Benchmark, High Benchmark.  The 2nd and 3rd grade teachers are passionate about helping their students become lifelong readers.  

In order to paint an overall picture of the 2nd grade reading levels, some of the teachers worked together to create a clear visual on where the students are.  Students are color coded based on their first test and then moved to the different levels based on subsequent testing.  As you can see in the photo below, most of the second graders are in the red.  While this calls for a sense of urgency, it is important to note some of those students started in the Low Intensive level and did move to the High Intensive level which shows slow but steady growth.  You can also see that several students that were originally coded red have moved to the yellow and green levels while some of the yellows moved to green.  The ISIP tests will be administered monthly and the results will be updated in this format for the staff meeting but teachers will also keep track of their individual data in their classrooms, allowing students to monitor their growth and celebrate their gains.