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From Research to Practice: RAISEup Texas
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Matt PopeSenior Program Director
RAISEup Texas,E3 Alliance
Dr. Mike HockDirector, Center for
Research on Leanning,University of Kansas
Elizabeth AndersonPrincipal, Hutto Middle
School,Hutto ISD
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•Literacy for Middle Level Students is important in EVERY classroom•Tools to help support literacy instruction in EVERY classroom•School-wide approach to improving outcomes
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Why?
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DemandsSkills and
2nd
6 th
6 th
Revisiting the Achievement Gap
9 th
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“Only 36% of 4th, 8th, and 12th graders read at the proficient level”
NAEP, 2015
Nationally…
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“8.7 million 4th-12th gradersare unable to read and comprehendtheir textbooks.”
Michael L. KamilStanford University
Nationally…
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Not a Simple Task
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What we’ve learned: The “reading skill” profile of adolescent
struggling readers
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103
110
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88
83
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55 70 85 100 115 130 145
Alphabetics
Fluency
Vocabulary
Comprehension
Standard Scores
Reading Component Skill Profile
Struggling Readers Proficient Readers
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Grade 6
Grade 9
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ALA
RM
!!!
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How?
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Transforming Middle School teaching and learning➢Build deep conceptual learning and critical
thinking skills for all students“Learn how to learn”
➢All classrooms, all subjects, all teachers➢With integrated, individualized interventions and
supports for all struggling students
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Rethinking the Research to Practice Chasm
Research to Practice Partnerships*: 1. Are long-term,2. Focus on problems of practice,3. Are committed to mutualism,4. Use intentional strategies to foster partnership, 5. Produce original analyses.
* Coburn, Penuel & Geil, 2013
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RAISEup Texas Integrated Model
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SIM: Research-validated tools for
planning and instruction
CLC: Whole-school transformation model forIntegrated, tiered instruction based on SIM
RAISEup Texas: Holistic transformation based on SIM/CLCincorporating intensive principal leadership coaching,
regional PLC, pre and post testing, intense project managementand governance, extensive formative and
summative evaluation
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What?
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Year One
Fusion Reading System
-Classroom Procedures-Thinking Reading
-Vocabulary Process-Book Study-Assessment
Reading Strategies-Explain-Model
-Practice w/feedback- Integrate and
GeneralizeUni
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Year TwoBook Study
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Aligned Supplemental Intervention
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Providing Core Class Teachers Instructional Practices and
Tools that Support Personalized Learning
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Routines that support rigor…...
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Why is RAISEup Texas the right choice for transforming middle level education?
transforming schools by synthesizing some of the most powerful ideas in education.
The RaiseUPTexas choice to use systematic, schoolwide implementation of SIM-CLC, SMARTER Planning and Instructional Coaching as a means for transformational change mirrors some of the most respected voices in the field of education.
The RAISEUPTexas approach
Teach thinking processes, not just content.
Using SIM, teachers can help students learn thinking structures to help them in school and beyond.
Dewey
The FRAME Routine Key Topic
Main idea
is about…
So What? (What’s important to understand about this?)
Essential details
Marzano Wong GatesMain idea Main idea Main idea
Essential details Essential details Essential details‘High-yield’ instructionalstrategies
SIM routines and strategies were developedfrom observing effectiveteacher practices and research-validated over a period of 30 years.
The teacher is THE indicator of student achievement.
SMARTER planning ensures continuous improvement of teacher planning and student learning.
We all need people whogive us feedback. That’s how we improve.
RaiseUPTexas provides instructional coaching support and builds capacity for professional collaboration.
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Enhanced Content Instruction
Embedded Strategy Instruction
Explicit Strategy Instruction
Intensive Skill Development
Intensive Clinical/Therapeutic Intervention
The Strategic Instruction Model Content Literacy Continuum
Level
1Level
2Level
3Level
4Level
5
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What’s the Impact?
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Demonstration Project Map
Spring 2011 → Spring 2014
6 Schools
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All RAISEup Schools - Pre- and Post-Test Outcomesvs. National Norms
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School-Level Student Academic Growth
Draft - Confidential and Proprietary35
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3D Growth, Central Texas Middle Schools
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3D Growth, Central Texas Middle Schools
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Demonstration + Expansion
Spring 2015 → in progress
19 Schools
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First Expansion Year Results are In!National consultant: “Fastest turnaround I’ve seen in decades of this work across the country!”Poorest school in the expansion cohort accused of cheating by other principals because his mid-year assessments were so highStruggling learners already outperforming national peers in pre- to post- assessments State assessment results show double digit increases
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8th grader who’s never read a chapter book read two in December, aced her AR tests, and is now reading every day!Three year school not meeting state accountability…MET accountability with distinction!!!12 Distinctions designated for our first 8 schools
First Expansion Year Results are In!
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739 Students 43%
Hispanic39%
White12% African
American
47% Low SES10% Special Education 11% LEP
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= Programs/Initiatives
GOALS
Improvement Plan
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In an alignedsystem ... Student
AchievementSystems
GOALS
… improvementefforts are integratedand results-oriented
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“Most leadership strategies are doomed to failure from the outset. As people have been noting for years, the majority of strategic initiatives that are driven from the top are marginally effective - at best.”-Peter Senge
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All staff development focused on Strategic Instruction Model
Ample planning time
Literacy Leadership Team- additional common planning time
SIM focused PLC
Learning Strategies for Struggling Learners
Support, Support, Support
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Hutto MS RAISEup Texas Test Outcome vs. National Norms
RAISE up, 479[13th percentile]
Grade 6, 431[1st percentile]
Expected, 431[1st percentile]
RAISE up, 487[9th percentile]
Grade 7, 478[5th percentile] Expected, 477
[5th percentile]
RAISE up, 506[16th percentile]
Grade 8, 497[13th percentile]
Expected, 501[13th percentile]
Pretest Posttest
Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test Results
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Comparison 2015 to 2016 8th Grade First Administration
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2015 Rdg 2016 Rdg 2015 Math 2016 Math
StateHMS
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•Literacy for Middle Level Students is important in EVERY classroom•Tools to help support literacy instruction in EVERY classroom•School-wide approach to improving outcomes
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