Striving Readers Cohort II Evaluation Report: Kentucky · 2018-03-26 · Striving Readers Cohort...

0antrell,Carter&Rintamaa,2012

SusanC. Cantrell,Janis

C. Carter,and

MargaretRintamaa

CollaborativeCenterfor

LiteracyDevelopment

UniversityofKentucky

March,2012

StrivingReadersCohortIIEvaluation Report:

Kentucky

1SRCohortIIEvaluationReport:Kentucky

Cantrell,Carter&Rintamaa,2012

Acknowledgments

Theauthorsgratefullyacknowledgethecontributionsofthemanyindividualswhofacilitatedthisevaluation. ThisevaluationcouldnothavebeensuccessfulwithoutthesupportofCindyParker,RobinHebert,MaryRuddandMonicaOsbornefromtheKentuckyDepartmentofEducation(KDE)andadministratorsandstaffinthenineStrivingReadersschools. WewanttothanktheStrivingReadersinterventionistswhoworkdiligentlywithstudentsandteacherseachdayandtowhomweturnregularlyforinformationtofurtherthiswork. Furthermore,wegratefullyacknowledgethemanystudentswhoparticipatedinthisstudy.

Additionalmembersoftheevaluationteamwhodeservecreditfortheircontributions

tothisreportincludethefollowingindividualstowhomweareimmenselygrateful:

DataAnalystDeepshikhaSigdel

ResearchAssistantsLauraDudneyAmandaGoodwinJessicaGreweMelissaMurphyJenniePahl

StaffSupportElisha ComerJudyJohnson

Finally,weextendourgratitudetothestaffoftheCollaborativeCenterforLiteracyDevelopment(CCLD)fortheirongoingsupportofthiswork,AbtAssociatesInc.forthetechnicalassistancetheyprovidedduringthestudy,andtheU.S.DepartmentofEducationforfundingthisproject.

TableofContents

ExecutiveSummaryofFindings:ImplementationandImpact……………………………………. 4KCLMTargetedIntervention…………………….……………………………………………………………….. 5

Implementation….……………………………………………………………………………………………….. 5Impacts.…………………………………………………………………………………………………………….... 5

IntroductionandStudyBackground…………………………………………………………………………….. 5DescriptionoftheInterventionModel….…………………………………………………………………… 5FrameworkoftheSupplementalLiteracyInterventionClass..………………………………….. 6ComponentsofKCLM.……………………………………………………………………………………………… 7TargetedStudents…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 8SelectionProcessforInterventionists……………………………………………………………………….. 9DesiredCharacteristicsoftheInterventionClassroom……………………………………………… 9LogicModelforKentuckyCognitiveLiteracyModelIntervention………………………………. 10PlannedTrainingModel…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11PlannedClassroomInstructionalModel…………………………………………………………………….. 12PlannedExperiencesforControlStudents…………………………………………………………………. 12UnitPlanningTemplate…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13KeyEvaluationDesignFeatures…………………………………………………………………………………. 14

EvaluationoftheImplementation…………………………………………….….……………………………… 14SummaryoftheDesignoftheImplementationStudy.…..……………………………………….…. 14ImplementationDataCollectionandAnalysis..…………………………………………………………. 15

SummerTraining…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 15CoachMentoring…………………………………………………..……..……………………………………… 15ClassroomInstruction…………………....………………………..……………………………………….... 15

KCLMImplementationResults……………………………………..…………………………………………….. 16CharacteristicsofInterventionists……………………………………………………………………..……… 16ImplementationofProfessionalDevelopmentModel…………………….………………………… 16

Interventioniststraining….………………………………………………………………………………….. 16Professionaldevelopmentinputs………………………………………………………………………… 17Professionaldevelopmentforadministrators……………………………………………………… 18

ImplementationofClassroomModel……………………………………………………………………….. 18Classsize,intensity,andduration……………………………………………………………………….. 18Classroomimplementationresults……………………………………………………………………… 18Experiencesforcontrolstudentsduringinterventionperiod………………………………. 20Additionalreadingprograms………………………………………………………………………………. 20Implicationsforimpactanalysis…………………………………………………………………………… 20

EvaluationofImpact……………………………………….…………………………………………………………… 21StudyDesign……………………………………………………………………………………….…………………….. 21

Samplingselectionprocess…...……………………………………………………….……………………. 21Samplesize……………….……………………………………………………………………………………….. 21ConsortDiagramReadingAchievement…………………………………………………..………… 22ConsortDiagramWritingAchievement……………………………………………………………… 23ConsortDiagramStudentEfficacyandMotivation….…………………………………………… 24MetacognitiveAwarenessofReadingStrategiesInventory(MARSI).…………….…….. 25AdolescentMotivationSurvey………………...…………………………………………………….……. 25

SummaryofAnalyticApproach………………...………………………………………………………………. 26Level-1HLM:StudentLevel………………..……………………………………………………………….. 26Level-2HLM:SchoolLevel………………………………………………………………………..………… 26

DescriptionoftheFirstYearSample………….……………………………………………………………… 26ImpactsonStudents………………..………………………………………………………………………………… 27

DiscussionandConclusions……………………………………………………………..…………………………… 29References………………………….………………………………………………………………………………………. 30

APPENDICESA:SummaryofAnalyticProcedures………………………………………………………………………….. 36B:StudyMeasures…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 38

StudentSurvey…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 39TeacherObservationProtocol……………………………………………………………………………… 48

EXHIBITS

1:ConsortDiagramReadingAchievement…………………………………………………..……………. 222:ConsortDiagramWritingAchievement…………………………………………………………………. 233:ConsortDiagramStudentEfficacyandMotivation….…………………………………………….. 24

FIGURES

1:ComponentsofKCLM……………………………………………………………………………………………. 72:KCLMInterventionLogicModel…………………………………………………………………………………… 103:UnitPlanningTemplate…………………………………………………………………………………………. 13

TABLES

1.1FrameworkoftheSupplementalLiteracyInterventionClass…..…………………………… 61.2PlannedPDActivities…………………………………………………………………....……………………. 112.1 Contentanddeliveryofprofessionaldevelopmenttraining(KCLM)……….…………… 172.2 MostWidelyImplementedModelComponents……………………………………….……….. 192.3 MeanScoresbyTeacherforQualityofKCLMcomponent....................................... 202.4 InterventionandControlStudentDemographics(andProportions)....................... 272.5 ImpactoftheTargetInterventiononStudentReadingAchievement,WritingAchievement,

StrategyUseSelfEfficacy,andMotivation…….……………………………… 28

StrivingReadersCohortII: Kentucky

ExecutiveSummaryofFindings:ImplementationandImpact

ThisStrivingReadersevaluationexaminedtheimpactofatargetedinterventionforstrugglingadolescentreadersinparticipatingschools. Thisstudywasconductedinninehighschoolsinnineschooldistrictsservinglargepercentagesofat-riskstudentsinKentucky. ThetargetedinterventionforstrugglingreaderswastheKentuckyCognitiveLiteracyModel(KCLM)developedbytheKentuckyDepartmentofEducation.

TheeffectivenessoftheKCLMinterventionwasdeterminedthrougharandomized

controlfieldtrialutilizingatreatmentandcontrolgroupdesign.TheKCLMwasasupplementtotheregularcurriculumwhereinstudentsinthetargetedinterventionparticipatedinareadingclassinplaceofanelectiveaspartoftheirregularschoolday. Thecontrol-groupconditionwas“businessasusual,”whereinstudentsinthecontrolgrouptakearegularelectivesuchasband,theaterarts,civics,orphysicaleducation. ThisstudyexaminedtheimplementationofKCLManditsimpactonstrugglingninth-gradestudents’readingandwritingachievement,self-efficacywithreadingstrategies,andmotivationforreading.

InthisStrivingReadersproject,eachschoolemployedaninterventionteacherwhowas

responsibleforteachingthetargetedinterventiontostrugglingreaders.Theimpactresearchquestionsthatmotivatedthestudydesignandanalysisplanare:

• WhatistheimpactofKentucky’sCognitiveLiteracyModel(KCLM)onthereading

achievementoflow-achievingreaders?• WhatistheimpactofKCLMonthewritingachievementoflowachievingreaders?• WhatistheimpactofKCLMontheperceivedreadingstrategyuseoflowachieving

readers?• WhatistheimpactofKCLMonthemotivationandengagementoflowachieving

readers?Inaddition,thefollowingimplementationquestionswillbeanswered:

• What is the state-level implementation of theprofessional development training and

supportforinterventionteachersintheproject?• WhichcomponentsofKCLMwereimplementedmostfrequentlybyteachersin

classrooms?• WhatwasthequalityofKCLMimplementationinclassrooms?

KCLMTargetedIntervention

ThisstudyexaminedboththeimplementationandimpactoftheKCLMoverthecourseofthefirstyearoftheStrivingReadersproject.

Implementation. Duringtheyearoftheproject,KCLMteachersparticipatedintrainingandon-sitesupport,andtrainingwasprovidedforschooladministrators. Duringtheyear,KCLMteacherswereprovided11daysprofessionaldevelopmenttrainingandupto66hourssupportfromvisitsbyKDEliteracystaff. Schooladministratorswereprovidedonedayoftrainingandatleasttwosupportmeetingsregardingtheinterventionfortheyear. Overall,participationintheprofessionaldevelopmenttheKCLMteachersandadministratorswashigh,with100%ofteachersandadministratorsparticipatingfullyinthetrainingeitherthroughtheformaltrainingdatesorthroughmakeuptraining. Classroomimplementationfidelitywasmeasuredthroughclassroomobservations. ObservationsindicatedthatteachersimplementedsomecomponentsoftheKCLMmodelmorereadilythanothercomponents.Theinterventionwasimplementedwithadequatequalityin3of9classrooms.

Impacts. Thisstudyusedhierarchicallinearmodeling(HLM)analysestomeasuretheimpactsoftheKCLMonninth-grade(highschool)students’readingachievement,writingachievement,perceivedstrategyuse,andmotivation.InthisStrivingReadersstudy,therewerenoimpactsonstudents’readingachievementasmeasuredbytheGroupReadingAssessmentandDiagnosticEvaluationandnoimpactsonwritingachievementasmeasuredbytheKentuckyStateWritingAssessment. Studentsurveyresultsindicatedsignificanteffectsoftheinterventiononparticipatingstudents’self-efficacyforstrategyuseandonstudents’readingmotivation.

IntroductionandStudyBackground

DescriptionoftheInterventionModel

ThetargetedinterventionfortheKentuckyprojectwastheKCLM,developedbytheKentuckyDepartmentofEducation(KDE). ThepurposeoftheKCLMwastoassiststudentswhoweresignificantlybehindgradelevelinreadingbyprovidingthemwiththesupportstobesuccessfulinlearningacrossthecurriculum. Table1.1illustratesthestrandsoftheintervention.

Table1.1

FrameworkoftheSupplementalLiteracyInterventionClass

Motivationand

Engagement• Thematicinstructionwithproject/inquiry-basedlearningproduces

studentswhoaremorefullyengagedandmotivatedtolearn.• Literacyisasocialaccomplishment(Bloome,1986;Dyson,1992).

Strategic

Processing• Strategy—adeliberatecognitiveprocessofselecting,enacting,

monitoringandregulatingbehavior. Includescomprehensionstrategy

instructionandfoundationalreadingskills.• Skill—amentalactivitythatcanbeappliedtospecificlearningsituations.• Metacognition—keytostrategicprocessingbecauseitenablesstudents

tomonitorprogresstowardachievingtheirgoals(Flavell,1979).Instructional

Strategiesfor

ContentLearning

• RobertMarzano’scharacteristicsofeffectivevocabularyinstruction• Marzano,etal.strategiesforlearningsuchascues,questions,and

advanceorganizers;non-linguisticrepresentations;identifyingsimilaritiesanddifferences;summarizingandnotetaking

Communication

Skills• Includesreading,writinganddiscussionoutcomesthataddressavariety

ofapproachestoessentialquestionsandtexts.• Writinghelpsreadersclarifymeaningandprovidesopportunitiesfor

authenticengagementandcommunication.• Exchangingideas,especiallythroughextendeddiscussionofmeaning

andinterpretationoftext,isessentialtoalearningcommunity.

Itisimportanttonotethatwhilethesearecategorizedintospecificstrands,theyalsoareembeddedacrossstrandstointegrateatotalliteracyexperienceforstudents.ThefourcomponentsoftheKCLMframeworkweretiedtogetherbycontent-relatedthemessuchassuccess,theenvironment,andproblemsolving.

Cantrell,Carter,&Rintamaa(2012)

Figure1showsthemajorcoursecomponentsandspecificdimensionsofeachcomponent.

SupplementalInterventionModelComponentsMotivation&Engagement

StrategicProcesses InstructionalStrategies

Communication

Theme-basedInstructionConnectionsbetweenlearningactivitiesandrealworldissuesVariedinstructionalformatStudentpriorknowledge,interestandbackgroundusedindeterminingcontentTechnologyisusedtofacilitatelearningGoalsettingandprivatefeedbackFocusonproblem-solvingprocessesAutonomyforlearningandmeaningfulchoices

Explicitcomprehensionstrategyinstruction(modeling,explanation,practice,andreflection)Explicitinstructioninfoundationalreadingskills

Instructionaltoolsforcomprehensionandvocabularylearning.Vocabularyprocessingthroughvisual,auditory,physicaland/oremotionalexperiences;opportunitiestousetheirownwordsornon-linguisticrepresentationstodefinenewwords;teacherexplanationsandexamplesofnew,keytermsAfocusonsummarizingandidentifyingsimilaritiesanddifferencesHigherlevelquestioning

Pre-,during-,andpost-textbaseddiscussionstrategiesWritingtolearnactivitiesExplicitinstructioninwritingstrategiesExplicitinstructioninfoundational writingskills

Figure1:ComponentsofKCLM.

SRCohortIIEvaluationReport:Kentucky

IntheKentuckyproject,ninth-gradestudentswhoscoredtwogradelevelsormorebelowgradelevelinreadingreceivedaminimumof225minutesperweekandamaximumof375minutesperweekofsupplementalreadinginstructioninatargetedinterventionclasstaughtbyaninterventionteacher. Studentswereplacedinthiscourseinadditiontotheirregularreading/languageartsclassesforanentireschoolyear.

Overthecourseoftheproject,theprofessionaldevelopmentmodelforthetargetedinterventionincludedsummerandfollow-uptrainingsandon-sitesupportfromKDEliteracystaff.Tolearnhowtoimplementthetargetedintervention,teachersparticipatedinasummerworkshop,whichwasledbyKDEliteracystaff. Duringtheschoolyear,thetrainersledtheteachersinfollow-upworkshops. Acrosstheproject,KCLMteachersreceived11daysofworkshoptraininginthetargetedinterventionintotal. Tosupporttheirongoinglearninganddevelopment,teachersalsoparticipatedinsitevisitsandregulardistancesupportbyKDEliteracystaff.

Theprofessionaldevelopmentmodelincludedtrainingandsupportforadministrators,aswell. SchooladministratorsattendedaonedaymeetinginthesummertolearnabouttheKCLMmodelandthewaysinwhichtheschoolsshouldsupporttheintervention. Additionally,KDEliteracystaffparticipatedinon-sitemeetingswithadministratorsuptosixtimesduringtheschoolyear.Topicsatthosemeetingsincludedgrantrequirements,evidence-basedcomponentsofthetargetedintervention,schedulingissues,observationsofinterventionists,literacyleadership,literacyplanning,andmeetingtheneedsofstrugglingadolescentlearners. AdministratorsalsoreceivedKCLMupdatenewslettersfromKDEfourtimesduringthecourseoftheyear.TargetedStudents

Thisprojectwasdesignedtoservelowachievingreadersintheninthgrade. Inthespringoftheireighth-gradeyear,studentsinmiddleschoolsthatfeedintothenineparticipatinghighschoolsweregiventhemiddleschoolformofthespringGroupReadingAssessmentandDiagnosticEvaluation(GRADE). StudentsthatscoredanNCEof40orlowerontheGRADEweredefinedaslowachievingreaders,andwereplacedintheeligibilitypool.

Studentsinalldayresourceclasseswerenoteligible;allotherstudentswereeligible. Theevaluationteamdirectedthefacultyatallfeedermiddlesschoolstoidentifystudentsinalldayresourceclasses,andinstructedtheschoolsnottogivethespringGRADEtothesestudents. Inaddition,evaluatorsdirectedthefacultyatthenineparticipatinghighschoolstoidentifystudentsthatwereplacedinalldayresourceclassesaftertheyenrolledinninth-gradethisfallandaskedthemtoprovideevaluatorswiththenamesofthesestudentsforremovalfromthestudy.Finally,middleschoolssenthomepassiveconsentformswithalleighth-gradestudentswhowouldbetestedforparticipationinthestudy. Thestudywasdescribed,andparentsweredirectedtocontacttheevaluatorsiftheychosetonotallowtheirstudenttoparticipateinthestudy. Noparentdeclinedpermissionfortheirchild’sparticipationinthestudy.

Twothousandtwohundredfourstudentswerelistedontheschoolregistersheetsasenrolledatthefeedermiddleschools. Evaluatorsreceivedanadditionaltwenty-fivestudent

GRADEsheetsthatwerenotontheenrollmentlists.Therewere637studentsthatmetthestudy’scriteriononthespringGRADEforeligibility.SelectionProcessforInterventionists

Interventionteacherswererecruitedandhiredbyindividualschools. Advertisementsfortheinterventionteacherpositionincludedthefollowingcriteria: experiencedclassroomteacher,respectedbyfacultyandadministration;familiaritywithand/orinterestininterdisciplinaryandproject-basedlearning;willingnesstolearnandapplynewskillsandknowledge;planning/reflectingskills;strongleadershipability;adaptabilityandproblemsolvingskills;presentationskills;collaborationskills;abilitytomediatebetweentheschoolandcommunityorganizations;andpersonalcommunicationskills.DesiredCharacteristicsoftheInterventionClassroom

Classesweretobenolargerthantwentyninth-gradestudents. Theinterventionclasswastomeetdailyforatleast45minutesfortheentireyear.

Figure2:KCLMInterventionLogicModel Cantrell,Carter&Rintamaa,2012

PlannedTrainingModel

Duringthesummerof2010,theinterventionteachersfromeachschoolweretoreceivefivedaysofinitialtrainingonthecorestrands. ThistrainingwastobedevelopedandprovidedbytheKentuckyDepartmentofEducationliteracystaff. Schooladministratorswererequiredtoattendonedayofsummertrainingtolearnaboutthegoalsoftheinterventionandtheexpectationsforsupportoftheinterventionistandstudents. Bytheendoftheinitialtraining,theinterventionistsweretocreateaninstructionalplanfordirectstrategyinstruction,andintegrationofstrategiesintostandards-basedunitsofstudy. Eachparticipantwastoleaveunderstandinghowtoteach,use,andassesswithintheKCLMframework,andwithaplantobeginimmediateimplementationasthe2010-2011schoolyearbegan.

Throughouttheyearofimplementation,theinterventionistsweretoreceiveon-going

trainingandsupportthroughface-to-facemeetingsandanonlineKentuckyVirtualSchools(KYVS)learningcommunity,whichwastoincludebookstudies,Webinars,adiscussionforum,andrepositoriesforsharingresources.KDEliteracystaffplannedsitevisitstotheschoolsinthefallandagaininthespringtoprovideon-sitecoachingandsupportforupto50additionalhours.

Administratorsweretoengageinprofessionaldevelopmentfocusingontheguidefrom

theNationalAssociationofSecondarySchoolPrincipals,CreatingaCultureofLiteracy:AGuideforMiddleandHighSchoolPrincipalsaswellasaKDEDVDresource,LiteracyLeadership:StoriesofSchoolwideSuccess.Thissharedleadershipnetworkwasintendedtohelpadministratorsandcoachesdevelopacloseworkingrelationshipcriticalinsupportinginstructionalimprovementefforts.

Table1.2

PlannedPDActivities

PDhrs. Activities Date Attendees*40 Trainingoncorestrandsofintervention;develop

instructionalplanandunitsofstudy8 Trainingongoalsforinterventionandon

providingsupporttointerventionists50+ OngoingPD: Onlinelearningcommunity,

includingbookstudies,webinars,discussionforum,sharingnetwork

July2010 I

July2010 A

2010 I

16 Onsitevisits/coaching 2010 I

*I=Interventionist;A=Administrator

SRCohortIIEvaluationReport:KentuckyPlannedClassroomInstructionalModel

TheKentuckyDepartmentofEducationcreatedaUnitPlanningTemplate(UPT)toassistinterventionteachersincreatingunitsofinstructionfortheinterventionclass. OnecomponentoftheUPTlistedthestrategiesandactivitiesthatcomprisetheKCLM.Teachersselectedstrategiestoteachineachunit.Figure3showsthestrategiesandactivitiesaslistedontheUPT.Teacherswerefreetoselectthestrategiestheytaughtbasedontheirassessmentofstudents’needs.Aspartoftheinterventionclass,studentsassignedtotheinterventionwilltaketheSAT-10online(reading)andTOWL-4(writing)diagnosticassessmentstwiceperyear.

Inaddition,KCLMisdesignedtoengagestudentsinreadingavarietyoflevel-appropriatetextsrelatedtoessentialquestion(s)foreachcontent-relatedunit,includingnonfiction,informationalandproceduraldocuments,andnarrativetexts.PlannedExperiencesforControlStudents

Expectationsforthecontrolstudentswere“businessasusual,”whereinstudentsinthecontrolgrouptookaregularelectivesuchasband,theaterarts,civics,orphysicaleducation.

Figure3:UnitPlanningTemplate

SRCohortIIEvaluationReport:KentuckyKeyEvaluationDesignFeatures

Theevaluationisdesignedtomeasuretheimpactofthetargetedinterventiononstudentoutcomesteacherefficacy. Theimpactstudywasguidedbythefollowingresearchquestions:Theimpactresearchquestionsthatmotivatedthestudydesignandanalysisplanare:

• WhatistheimpactofKentucky’sCognitiveLiteracyModel(KCLM)onthereadingachievementoflowachievingreaders?

• WhatistheimpactofKCLMonthewritingachievementoflowachievingreaders?• WhatistheimpactofKCLMontheperceivedreadingstrategyuseoflowachieving

readers?• WhatistheimpactofKCLMonthemotivationandengagementoflowachievingreaders?

Studentoutcomemeasuresareasfollows:

• GroupReadingAssessmentandDiagnosticEvaluation(GRADE)• TheKentuckyStateWritingAssessment• MetacognitiveAwarenessofReadingStrategiesInventory(MARSI)• StudentMotivationSurvey

Inaddition,thefollowingimplementationquestionswereanswered:

• Whatisthestate-levelimplementationoftheprofessionaldevelopmenttrainingandsupportforinterventionteachersintheproject?

• WhichcomponentsofKCLMwereimplementedmostfrequentlybyteachersinclassrooms?

• WhatwasthequalityofKCLMimplementationinclassrooms?

EvaluationofImplementation

SummaryoftheDesignoftheImplementationStudy

Theresearchquestionsthatguidedtheimplementationstudyofthetargetedinterventionare:

• Whatisthestate-levelimplementationoftheprofessionaldevelopmenttrainingandsupportforinterventionteachersintheproject?

• WhichcomponentsofKCLMwereimplementedmostfrequentlybyteachersinclassrooms?

• WhatwasthequalityofKCLMimplementationinclassrooms?

ImplementationDataCollectionandAnalysis

Summertraining.Duringthesummerof2010,theselectedinterventionteachersfromeachschoolreceivedfivedaysofinitialtrainingonthecorestrands. ThistrainingwasdevelopedandprovidedbytheKentuckyDepartmentofEducationliteracyconsultants.Attendancerecordswerekeptateachtrainingsession,andindividualteacherattendancewascomputedattheendofthetrainingintermsofpercentageofdaysattended.Schooladministratorswillberequiredtoattendonedayofsummertrainingtolearnaboutthegoalsoftheinterventionandtheexpectationsforsupportoftheinterventionistandstudents. Participationwillbeassessedandscoredforadequacyandfidelitythroughattendancerecordsprovidedbythedevelopers.

Researchassistantsattendedeachtrainingsessionandtookdetailedfieldnotesinfiveminuteintervals. AcodelistwasdevelopedrelatedtoContentandDelivery.ContentcodesrelatedtothekeycomponentsofKCLM.Deliverycodesrelatedtovarioustrainingformatssuchaswholegroup,smallgroup,discussion,andlecture.Toestablishreliability,threeresearchassistantsindependentlycodedonedayoffieldnotes.Agreementwas90%forcontentand90%fordelivery.Afterthecodingtheresearchassistantsagreedthatsomeofthecodesshouldbefurtherbrokendownforamoreaccuratedescriptionofwhatwasgoingonduringthetimeinterval.Researchassistantsandinvestigatorsdiscussedaddingadditionalcodesforcontentanddelivery.Thefollowingcodeswereaddedtocontent:Collaboration,Planning-working,andPlanning-discussion.Thefollowingcodeswereaddedtodelivery:Wholegroup-lectureandWholegroup-discussion.Theresearchassistantscontinuedindependentlycodingthenextfourdaysoftheinterventionteachertraining.Researchassistantsmetagaintocheckagreement.Agreementachievedforcontentwas95%and100%agreementfordelivery.

Coachingandmentoring.Interventionistsreceivedon-goingtrainingandsupportthroughanonlinelearningcommunitythatincludedbookstudies,Webinars,adiscussionforum,andrepositoriesforsharingresources.KDEconsultantsmadesitevisitstotheschoolsinthefallandagaininthespringtoprovideon-sitecoachingandsupport. Participationwasassessedandscoredforadequacyandfidelitythroughattendancerecordsprovidedbythedevelopers.

Classroominstruction.Implementationfidelityforthetreatmentconditionwasestablishedthroughclassroomobservationsusingastandardizedobservationprotocolforinterventionclasses. Readinginterventionteacherswereobservedtwiceduringtheyear. Thestandardizedobservationprotocolforinterventionteachersincludedtwocomponents:achecklistofessentialKCLMcomponentsandaqualityrubricforassessingteachers’implementationquality.Inthefall2010,tworesearchassistantsmettocreatealistofmodelcomponentsbasedonthetrainingsfromKDE. ThislistwassenttoKDEforvalidation. KDEaddedafewcomponentstomakethelistcomplete. Toidentifythemodelfeaturesthatweremostcriticaltoprogramsuccess,evaluatorsaskedthedeveloperstorankeachsetoffeaturesforeachcomponentinorderofimportance. Toconfirmtheserankings,evaluatorssoughtfeedbackfromthreeexpertscholarswhoconfirmedandelaboratedontheshortenedlistforeachfeature.TheleadevaluatorandKCLMtrainerviewedtwovideosofKCLMinstructionandindependentlycompletedtheprotocol.Then,theydiscussedtheirscores,reachedconsensusonscoring,andmademinorrevisionsto

somewordingontheprotocol.Fortraininginusingtheprotocol,researchassistantsviewedonevideo,ratedtheinstructionusingtheprotocol,anddiscusseddisagreements. Toestablishinter-observeragreement,theresearchassistantsviewedthesecondvideoandindependentlycompletedaprotocol. AgreementwiththeleadevaluatoronthechecklistofkeyaspectsofKCLMcomponentsforthisprotocolwas74.4%.Thelargestareaofdisagreementwasrelatedtovocabularyinstructionunderthe“InstructionalStrategies”component. Theleadevaluatorprovidedadditionaltrainingaroundvocabularyinstructiontoclarifymisunderstandings.Agreementonthequalitydescriptorsforthesecondvideowas91.7%.

Itwasexpectedthatteacherswouldimplementsomeaspectofeachforthefourmodelcomponents(motivationandengagement,strategicprocesses,instructionalstrategies,andcommunication)duringeachclassperiodbutitwasnotexpectedthatteacherswouldimplementeveryaspectofeachcomponenteachclassperiod.Theprotocolyieldedinformationonwhichaspectsofeachcomponentwereimplementedduringobservationsandwhetherthequalityofimplementationwas(a)developing,(b)adequate,or(c)exemplary.Percentagesofobservationsthatincludedeachcomponentwerecomputed,andtheproportionofobservationsratedateachqualitylevelwasprovided.

KCLMImplementationResultsCharacteristicsofInterventionists

Nineinterventionistpositionswerefilledby11teachersduringtheyear. Interventionteacherswereselectedandhiredbyindividualschooldistrictsandmettheplannedcharacteristics,accordingtoschoolpersonnel. Atotalofnineinterventionistswerehiredinthesummerof2010. Duringthecourseoftheschoolyear,twointerventionistsleftandwerereplaced,foratotalof11interventionists.TheseinterventionistsimplementedtheKCLMtargetedinterventionswithinthenineschools.Oneinterventionistwasmaleand10werefemale.Allinterventionistswerewhite.Alloftheinterventionistshadamastersdegreeorhigher,andthree(27%)werecertifiedasreadingspecialists.Interventionistshadanaverageof12.9yearsofexperience.ImplementationofProfessionalDevelopmentModel

Interventionisttraining.Trainingwasprovidedtointerventionistsforfivedaysinthesummer,andthreedaysduringtheschoolyear. Table2.1showsthecontentamountanddeliveryoftheprofessionaldevelopmentmodel.

Table2.1Contentanddeliveryofprofessionaldevelopmenttraining(KCLM)

Numberof Minutestotal

Percentoftraining

Content Housekeeping 70 2.77Overviewofgrant 220 8.71Collaboration 275 10.89Readingstrategies&Strategicprocessing 640 25.30Communication 175 6.93Motivationandbehaviormanagement 225 8.91Foundationalreading–basicskills 60 2.38Assessment 360 14.26Planningwork 280 11.09Planningdiscussion 115 4.55Projectbasedlearning 110 4.36

Delivery

FormatWholegrouplecture 790 31.23Wholegroupdiscussion 1035 40.91Smallgroup 340 13.44Individual 365 14.43

Professionaldevelopmentinputs.Duringthesummertraining,sevenofthenineinterventionistsattendedallfivedays. Oneinterventionistattendedfourdaysandwasabsentonedayduetoillness. Thismaterialwascoveredwiththeabsenteeduringthefollowingday’strainingduringlunchandbreaks. Anotherinterventionistdidnotattendthesummertraining.Thatinterventionistwastrainedone-on-oneduringthreedaysattheinterventionist’sschool.Duringtheschoolyeartherewerethreeregulartrainingdates. Allinterventionistsattendedtwoofthesedates,andeightattendedthethird. TheabsentinterventionistmadeupthemissedtrainingdateviaSkypewithKDEstaff. InterventionistsalsoattendedtheKentuckyReadingAssociationconference. Allnineinterventionistsattendedallthreedaysoftheconference.Attendanceandparticipationwasadequateforallinterventionists.

Inadditiontosummertraining,interventionistsreceivedsitevisitsupportfromKDEstaff

throughouttheyear. Thenumberofvisitsrangedfromfourdaysto11daysperinterventionistatsixhoursperdaywithanaverageof5.56days. Whenextrasupportwasneeded,additionalvisitswerescheduled.Itemsdiscussedduringthevisitswerestrategyimplementation,project-basedlearning,datacollection,studentengagementandmotivation,assessmentproceduresandothervarioustopicsdependingontypeofsupportneededrelatedtotheKCLMmodel.

InterventionistsreceivedsupportthroughtheuseofaNING,Skype,emailandphonecalls.

Phonecalls,emailandSkypewereusedforongoingsupportandprofessionaldevelopment. The

NINGwasusedforbookstudies,discussionforums,bloggingandsharingresources.KDEstaffestimatethateachinterventionistwassupportedanestimatedthreetimesperweekviaphonecallsandemails,anestimatedonceperweekviaNING,andoncepermonthviaSkype.

Allparticipationintheprofessionaldevelopmenttrainingandsupportwasconsideredtobeadequateforallinterventionists.

Professionaldevelopmentforadministrators. Administratorswereprovidedwithonetrainingdayinthesummerof2010todiscusstherequirementsofthegrantandwaystheycouldsupporttheintervention. Administratorsfromallnineschoolsattended.

Duringtheschoolyear,KDEstaffmetwithschooladministratorstodiscussgrantrequirements,evidence-basedcomponentsofthetargetedintervention,schedulingissues,observationsofinterventionists,literacyleadership,literacyplanning,andmeetingtheneedsofadolescentlearners—especiallylowachievingstudents. Thenumberofmeetingsrangedfromtwotosixperschoolwithanaverageof3.11meetingsperschool. KDEstaffalsosharedaKCLMUpdatenewsletterwithalladministratorsfourtimesthroughouttheyear. Alladministratorparticipationwasconsideredtobeadequate.ImplementationofClassroomModel

Classsize,intensity,andduration. Classsizesvariedthroughouttheyearduetostudentattrition(i.e.,transferringschools,droppingout,etc.). Classesrangedfromasfewas12studentstoasmanyas20.Theinterventionclassmeteverydaythroughoutthecourseoftheyear,andrangedfrom45minutesto75minutesdaily.

ClassroomImplementationResults. TheobservationprotocolincludedratingsforbothpresenceofindicatorsforeachcomponentforKCLM,andqualityofeachcomponentofKCLM.Thenextfourtablesshowthenumberoftimesinterventionistswereobservedincorporatingindicatorsofmotivationandengagement,strategicprocessing,instructionalstrategies,andcommunicationskillsintheirlessons.Table2.2indicatesthemodelcomponentsmostwidelyimplementedbyteachersandthenumbersandpercentsoflessonsthatincludedthosecomponents.Othermodelcomponentswereobservedinfewerthan50%oflessons.

Table2.2

MostWidelyImplementedModelComponents

ModelComponent Round1N=18

% Round2 %N=18

Motivation&EngagementTeachermakesconnectionsbetweenlearningactivitiesandrealworldissuesTeachervariesinstructionalformat,i.e.groupwork,lecture,andpartnerworkStudentpriorknowledge,interestandbackgroundusedindeterminingcontent

StrategicProcessingTeacherexplainscognitivestrategiesforcomprehensionTeachermodelsusingcognitivestrategiesforcomprehensionTeacherencouragesandprovidesopportunitiesforstudentstopracticeusingcognitivestrategiesforcomprehension

InstructionalStrategiesTeacherexplicitlyincorporateshigherlevelquestionsTeacherusesinstructionaltoolstosupportstudentcomprehensionorvocabularyTeacherdescribes,explains,andprovidesanexampleofnewkeyterms

CommunicationSkillsTeacherusesduringtext-baseddiscussionstrategiesTeacherincludeswritingtolearnactivities

ForeachKCLMcomponent,interventionistsfocusedonsomecomponentsmorethanothers.Formotivationandengagement,interventionistsweremorelikelytomakeconnectionsbetweenthelessonandrealworldissues,tovaryinstructionalformat,andtotiethecontentintostudentexperiences. Interventionistswerenotaslikelytoincorporatetechnology,providestudentfeedback,facilitateproblemsolvingandprovidestudentswithchoices.Forstrategicprocessing,interventionistsweremorelikelytoexplain,modelandencouragestudentpracticeofcognitivestrategies. Interventionistswerenotaslikelytoaskstudenttoreflectoncognitiveprocessingandreadingcomprehensionorprovideexplicitinstructioninfoundationalreadingskills.Overall,interventionistswerenotaslikelytoincorporateinstructionalstrategiesintotheirlessons. Inthefirstroundofobservations,interventionistsdiduseinstructionaltoolstosupportstudentcomprehensionorvocabulary,andinthesecondroundtheywerelikelytodescribe,

13 72 9 50

9 50 9 50

11 61 12 67

12 67 10 56

15 83 13 72

12 67 6 33

8 44 11 61

15 83 9 50

explainandgiveexamplesofnewvocabularywords.Communicationskillswerealsounder-utilizedbyinterventionists. Therewassomeevidenceofteacherusesduringtext-baseddiscussionstrategies,andwritingtolearnactivities.

ClassroomobservationsalsoincludedaqualityscoringforeachKCLMcomponent. Table2.3showseachteacher’squalityscorebyKCLMcomponentforeachroundofobservation. Eachroundrepresentsanaveragebetweenscoresforeachclassperiodobserved.Table2.3showsthemeanscoresbyteacherforqualityofeachKCLMcomponentandtheoverallscoreforthemodel.Intermsofoverallqualityofimplementation,implementationofKCLMwasadequatein3ofthe9classrooms.

Table2.3

MeanScoresbyTeacherforQualityofKCLMcomponent

Classrooms

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Note.1-1.4=Developing,1.5-2=Adequate,2.1-3=Exemplary

Experiencesforcontrolstudentsduringinterventionperiod. Studentswhowereselectedforthecontrolgroupreceivedaregularelectiveaspartoftheirfreshmanprogram.Awiderangeofelectivesweretakenincludingband,chorus,civics,andphysicaleducation.

Additionalreadingprograms.Intwoschools,additionalreadingassistanceprogramswere

providedtostudentswhoqualified. AtoneschoolstudentsfromboththeinterventionandcontrolgroupstookanunstructuredreadingclasswheretheteacherhadaccesstomaterialsfromStudyIslandandDiscoveryEducationaswellasRead180andSystem44.Inthesecondschool,studentsinbothinterventionandcontrolgroupstookaonesemesterclasscalledReadingRevisited,ahighlystructuredclassrelyingheavilyonvocabularyworkbookexercises.

Implicationsforimpactanalysis.Twofactorsrelatedtoimplementationshouldbe

consideredwheninterpretingtheimpactanalysistofollow.First,teacherswerelearningtoimplementtheinterventionastheywereimplementingit,andthisresultedinavariationin

MotivationEngagement

StrategicProcessingMean

InstructionalStrategiesMean

CommunicationSkillsMean

OverallscoreMean

1 1 1 1 11.5 1.5 1 1.5 1.382.25 2 2 2 2.061 1 1 1 12 2 2 1.5 1.882 2 2 1.5 1.881 1 1 1 11.5 1 1 1 1.131 1 1 1 1

implementationquality.Teacherswereadheringtothemajorcomponentsoftheintervention,buttheydidnotnecessarilyimplementthosecomponentsastheyweredesignedtobeimplemented.Therefore,impactfindingsshouldnotbedirectlyattributedtotheinterventionmodelasitisdesigned.Second,thatsomeschoolscontinuedtoimplementreadingprogramstargetedatlowachievingreaderspresentsaconfoundingfactorthatmayhaveinfluencedoutcomesforbothtreatmentandcontrolgroups.

StudyDesign

EvaluationofImpact

Samplingselectionprocess. Evaluatorsimplementedastratifiedrandomsamplingprocedureforstudentswithineachschoolusingfourdemographicvariables: specialeducationstatus,free/reducedlunchstatus,ethnicity,andgender. Withineachschoolstudentsweresortedbydemographicvariablescreatingsubgroupsofstudents,andstudentswithineachsubgroupwerethensortedbyassessmentscore. Usingarandomnumbergeneratortoassignthefirststudenttoeithertheinterventionorcontrolgroup,thestudentswerethenalternatelyassignedsequentiallytotheinterventionorcontrolgroup.

Evaluatorsprovidedalistofstudentsthatqualifiedfortheinterventiongrouptothenineparticipatinghighschoolsduringthesummerof2011. Thesestudentswerescheduledtobeintheinterventionclass,andstudentsandparentswerenotifiedwhentheclassschedulesweregiventoallstudentsatthebeginningofthefallsemester. Schoolswerenotprovidedthenamesofthestudentsinthecontrolgroup.

Astudentwasremovedfromthestudypost-randomassignmentifhe/shedroppedoutofschoolormoved/transferredtoaschoolnotparticipatingintheStrivingReadersprogram.Also,ifthestudentdidnottaketheposttestinthespringof9thgrade,theywereremoved.Finally,astudentwasineligiblepost-randomassignmentif,afterthestudentenrolledintheninth-grade,thehighschoolplacesthestudentinalldayresourceclasses. Theschoolswereinstructedtoinformtheevaluatorsattheendofthestudyifacontrolstudentwasplacedinalldayresourceclasses. Thusthecriterionthehighschoolusedtoassignastudenttoalldayresourcewouldnotbeaffectedbytheresultsoftherandomassignment,andwasappliedequallytointerventionandcontrolstudents. Therewere13interventionstudentsthatwereassignedtoalldayresourceclassespost-randomassignment,andareineligibletobeinthestudy. Thereweresixteencontrolstudentswhowereplacedinalldayresourceclassesafterrandomassignment.

Samplesize.Exhibit1showsthesamplesizeresultsforreadingachievementtest,GRADE,dividedbycondition. Outofthepopulationof2,229eighthgradestudents,637wereidentifiedaslowachievingreaders(NCEof40orlower). Threehundrednineteenstudentswereassignedtothetreatmentgroup,and318studentswereassignedtothecontrolgroup.Afterrandomassignment,13studentsinthetreatmentgroupand16studentsinthecontrolgroupwereassignedtoalldayresourceclassesafterenrollinginhighschoolsowereineligibleforthestudy. Additionally,22studentsinthetreatmentgroupdidnotenrollinaparticipating

highschool. Thenumberofstudentsinthecontrolgroupthatdidnotenrollinaparticipatinghighschoolisnotavailable.

Therewere306targeted,eligiblestudentsatbaselineintheinterventiongroupand302

studentsinthecontrolgroup. Attritionintheinterventiongroupattheendoftheschoolyeartotaled74students(36studentsmovedand38studentsdidnottakethespringtest),resultinginananalyticsampleof232interventionstudents. Attritioninthecontrolgrouptotaled49students(34studentseitherdidnotenrollintheparticipatinghighschoolormovedduringtheyearand15studentsdidnottakethespringtest),resultinginananalyticsampleof253controlstudents.

Exhibit2showsthesamplesizeresultsforthewritingachievement,bycondition. Thetargetednumberofeligiblestudentsatbaselineintheinterventiongroupwas306,with302studentsinthecontrolgroup. Attritionintheinterventiongroupduringtheschoolyeartotaled134students(36studentsmovedand98studentsdidnottakethespringwritingtest),resultinginananalyticsampleof172interventionstudents. Attritioninthecontrolgrouptotaled109students(34studentseitherdidnotenrollintheparticipatinghighschoolormovedduringtheyear,and75studentsdidnotcompletethespringsurvey),resultinginananalyticsampleof193controlstudent.

Exhibit3showsthesamplesizeresultsforstudentsurvey,bycondition. Thetargetednumberofeligiblestudentsatbaselineintheinterventiongroupwas306,with302studentsinthecontrolgroup. Attritionintheinterventiongroupduringtheschoolyeartotaled152students(36studentsmovedand116studentsdidnotcompletethespringsurvey),resultinginananalyticsampleof154interventionstudents. Attritioninthecontrolgrouptotaled129students(34studentseitherdidnotenrollintheparticipatinghighschoolormovedduringtheyear,and95studentsdidnotcompletethespringsurvey),resultinginananalyticsampleof173controlstudent

ImpactMeasuresandDataCollection

ThefollowingmeasureswereusedtoascertaintheimpactoftheKCLMinterventiononstudents’readingandwritingachievement,readingstrategyuse,andreadingmotivation.

GroupReadingandDiagnosticEvaluation(GRADE).TheGRADEisanationallynormedreadingassessment,anditincludesnormalizedscoresforoverallreadingachievement. NormalCurveEquivalentscores(NCEs)includingvocabularyandcomprehensionitemscloselyalignstudentoutcomeswiththegoalsoftheintervention.Inthespringoftheplanningyear,theGRADE(levelM)wasgiventoalleighth-gradestudentsinparticipatingfeederschoolsasapretest. Inthefollowingspring,theGRADE(levelH)wasgiventoallninth-gradestudentsasapostest.

KentuckyStateWritingAssessment. TheKentuckystatewritingassessmentprovidesaholisticscorebasedonanalyticcategorieswhichcloselyalignstudentoutcomeswiththegoalsoftheintervention. TheStateWritingAssessmentwasgiventoalleighth-gradestudentsinspringoftheplanningyear,andallninth-gradestudentsinspringofthefollowingyear. Thetestisdesignedsothatstudentsgetachoicebetweentwowritingtaskswhichincludethreepossiblemodesofwriting(inform,narrateforapurpose,orpersuade)andfourpossibleresponseformats(article,editorial,letterorspeech). Inadditiontoawritingtask,eachstudentisalsopresentedwithdraftversionsofthreepiecesofwriting. Fourmultiple-choicequestionsdealingwithediting/revisingareprovidedwitheachofthethreedraftsso,eachstudentalsorespondsto12multiple-choicequestions.

MetacognitiveAwarenessofReadingStrategiesInventory(MARSI).TheMARSI(Mokhtari&Reichard,2002)isastudentself-reportmeasuredesignedspecificallytoassessadolescents’perceiveduseofreadingstrategiesduringacademicreading.Forthisstudy,theMARSIwasadaptedtomeasureself-efficacywithstrategyuse.“Ican”wasaddedtothebeginningofeachstrategystatementinthesurvey.Thesurveywasgiventoallstudentsinfallandspringofninthgrade. Thesurveyitemsarepresentedonascaleof1to5,where1isequalto“notatallconfident”and5isequalto“completelyconfident.” Exampleitemswouldbe“IamabletohaveapurposeinmindwhileIread”or“IcantakenoteswhilereadingtohelpmeunderstandwhatIread.”

AdolescentMotivationSurvey. Inthespringofeighthgradeandinthespringofninthgrade,allstudentsinparticipatingschools(andeighth-gradefeederschools)completedasurveymeasuringseveraldimensionsofintrinsicreadingmotivation(challenge,curiosity,intrinsictaskvalue,attainment),extrinsicreadingmotivation(extrinsictaskvalue,compliance),readingrelatedself-beliefs(expectancy,difficulty)andleisurereading.Thesurveyitemsarepresentedonascaleof1to5andthevaluevariesdependingonthedimensionmeasured. Asampleitemforthechallengedimensionis“Ilikehard,challengingbooks”where1equals “notatalltrueand5equals“verytrue.” Asampleitemfromtheleisuredimensionis“Howmuchtimehaveyouspentreadingamagazinethisweek?”with1equaling“none,”and5equaling“morethanfivehours.” Reliabilityforsubscaleswere>.70withtheexceptionofleisure

(a=.585)andextrinsictaskvalue(a=.60).Thesescalesweretakenfromexistingmeasures(Eccles&Wigfield,1995;Hopper,2005;Wigfield&Guthrie,1997).SummaryofAnalyticApproach

HierarchicalLinearModels(HLMs)wereusedtoestimatetheimpactoftheKCLMonstudentachievement,motivation,andreadingstrategiesoutcomes.TheGRADENormalCurveEquivalents(NCEs)wereusedtoestimatetheimpactoftheKCLMinterventiononachievement.HolisticscoresfromthestatewritingassessmentwereusedtoestimatetheimpactoftheKCLMonwritingachievement.TheaverageoftheitemsontheMARSIwasusedtoestimatetheimpactonreadingstrategyuse,andtheaverageoftheitemsontheAdolescentMotivationSurveywasusedtoestimatetheimpactonmotivation.

Atwo-levelHLMmodel(studentsassignedtointerventionorcontrolgroupwithinschools)willbeusedtodeterminetheimpactofKCLM.Fourhypotheseswillbetested:

H1: TheKCLMinterventionhasnoimpactonstudentachievement.H2: TheKCLMinterventionhasnoimpactonstudentwritingachievement.H2: TheKCLMinterventionhasnoimpactonselfefficacyofstudentstrategyuse.H3: TheKCLMinterventionhasnoimpactonstudentmotivation.

Level-1HLM:StudentLevel.Atthestudentlevel,thespringoutcomevariable(reading

achievement,writingachievement,strategyuse,ormotivation)willbemodeledasafunctionoffalloutcomevariables(covariate),intervention/controlstatusandfourdemographicvariables:gender,ethnicity,free/reducedlunchstatus,andspecialeducation.

Level-2HLM:SchoolLevel.Thisanalysiswillbeperformedonninth-gradestudents’scoresfromninehighschools. InadditiontothebaseyearReadingKCCTscore,otherschoollevelvariablesthatwillbeincludedaretheschoolpercentofstudentsqualifyingforfreeorreducedlunchfees,schoolpercentofwhitestudentsintheschool,andschoolpercentofblackstudents,andthepercentofstudentswithdisabilities.DescriptionoftheFirstYearSample

Ninehighschoolsgeographicallydistributedacrossthestateparticipatedinthestudy.HighschooldemographicdatawascollectedfromtheKentuckyDepartmentofEducationwebsiteforthe2009-10academicyear. Theaveragenumberof10th-12thgradestudentsenrolledattheparticipatingschoolswas454,rangingfrom301to803students. TheaveragepercentofWhitestudentswas91.58%(53.9%,98.8%),andtheaveragepercentBlackstudentswas5.76%(0%,37.7%). Theaveragepercentofstudentsreceivingfree/reducedlunchwas62.25%(40.7%,83.5%),andtheaveragenumberofstudentsenrolledinspecialeducationclasseswas12.73%,rangingfrom7.2%to16.5%.

Studentdemographicdatawascollectedfromthemiddleschoolsforeveryenrolledeighth-gradestudent.Schoolswerecontactedforstudentdemographicinformationifthere

werestudentsthatwerenotontheselistsbutcompletedtheeighth-grade.Table2.4showsdemographiccharacteristicsofstudentsintheinterventionandcontrolgroups.StudentsintheStrivingReadersclassesweretypicallyWhitemales,receivingfree/reducedlunchservicesandarenotassignedtospecialeducationclasses. Studentsthatreceivedtheinterventionwereverysimilarindemographicsascomparedtothecontrolgroup,withthepossibleexceptionofgender,whereaslightlyhigherpercentofmalesreceivedtheintervention.

Table2.4

InterventionandControlStudentDemographics(andProportions)

Gender Ethnicity Lunch Special EducationGroup Male Female White Minor-

ityReg

PayFree/Red

SpecialEd.

Interv

(.59) (.41) (.88) (.12) (.17) (.83) (.69) (.31)

Contl 140 113 219 34 45 208 179 74 (.55) (.45) (.87) (.13) (.18) (.82) (.71) (.29)

(.57) (.43) (.88) (.12) (.38) (.62) (.73) (.16)

ImpactsonStudents

Table2.5belowshowstheresultsonstudentreadingachievement,writingachievement,readingstrategyuseselfefficacyandreadingmotivationforinterventionandcontrolstudentsafteroneyearofintervention. Theunadjustedmeansandstandarddeviationsforeachmeasureisdisplayed,andthemeansadjustedfortheHLMresultsaredisplayed. Theestimatedimpactoftheintervention,theeffectsize,andthesignificancelevelareshown.

Table2.5ImpactoftheTargetInterventiononStudentReadingAchievement,WritingAchievement,StrategyUseSelfEfficacy,andMotivation

Unadjusted HLM-adjusted

Means Means Control Tx Control Tx Estimated

ImpactEffectSize

ReadingAchievementSpringNCE 36.7 35.6 37.2 36.4 -0.79 -0.059 .439 (13.49) (13.48)

No.ofstudents 253 232

WritingAchievement

StrategyUseSelfEfficacySpring score 3.3 3.5 3.4 3.5 0.154 0.250 .012*

(0.62) (0.61)No.ofstudents 173 154

MotivationSpringscore 2.9 3.0 2.9 3.0 .128 0.217 .015*

(0.59) (0.62)

Note. Standarddeviationsarepresentedinparenthesis. Effectsizecalculatedastheimpactdividedbythecontrolgroupstandarddeviation.*Designatesstatisticalsignificanceatthe.05levelofsignificance.

Thereisnosignificanteffectoftheinterventionatthe.05levelonthereadingand

writingachievementafterthefirstyearoftheprogram. However,asignificanteffectoftheinterventionisshownforstrategyuseselfefficacyandreadingmotivation.

Springscore 826.3 827.2 826.9 827.6 0.62 0.066 .481 (9.41) (11.78)

DiscussionandConclusions

TheimpactresultsfromoneyearofstudydonotrevealsignificanteffectsoftheKCLMinterventiononstudents’readingorwritingachievement,butthereweresignificantimpactsonstudents’self-efficacyforstrategyuseandstudents’readingmotivation.Developmentofdemonstrableimprovementsinreadingperformancemayrequiregreaterlengthsoftimetogaincomfortwithflexiblestrategyuseandtoreapbenefitsofincreasedmotivation.Whileitseemsthestudentsinthisstudyreportedincreasedconfidencewithusingreadingstrategies,theymaynothaveinternalizedandpracticedstrategyusetoasufficientenoughextenttoachievepurposefulflexibleuseunderawiderangeofconditions.Nevertheless,theimpactsoftheinterventiononstudents’strategyuseandmotivationarenoteworthygiventheemphasisplacedonthesedimensionsoflearninginrecommendationsforimprovingadolescents’literacyachievement(Biancarosa&Snow,2006;Kamil,Borman,Dole,Kral,Salinger,&Torgesen,2008).

Althoughtheplannedprofessionaldevelopmentmodelwasimplementedathighlevels,implementationoftheclassroommodelwaslower.ElementsoftheKCLMmodelwereevidentineachclassroomobservation,buttheteachersinthisprojectimplementedsomecomponentsoftheinterventiontoagreaterextentthanotherimportantcomponents.Also,themajorityofteachersimplementedtheinterventionatdevelopinglevelsofquality.Higherlevelsofimplementationmayhaveresultedinhigherlevelsofachievementforstudents.Itisprobablethatteacherswouldhavebeenabletoachievehigherlevelsofimplementationinfutureyearswithongoingsupporthadtheprojectextendedforthefullplannedprojectduration.

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AppendixA

SummaryofAnalyticApproach

HierarchicalLinearModels(HLMs)wereusedtoestimatetheimpactoftheinterventiononstudentachievementinreadingandwriting,andmotivation,andself-efficacyoutcomes.TheGRADENormalCurveEquivalents(NCEs)wereusedtoestimatetheimpactoftheinterventiononreadingachievement,andthestandardwritingscoreswereusedtomeasuretheimpactonwriting. Theaveragesurveyscoreswereusedtoestimatetheimpactonself-efficacyinreadingstrategyuseandimpactonmotivation.

Atwo-levelHLMmodel(studentsassignedtointerventionorcontrolgroupwithinschools)wasusedtodeterminetheimpactofthetargetedintervention. Atthestudentlevel,thespringoutcomevariable(readingachievement,writingachievement,self-efficacyinstrategyuse,ormotivation)wasmodeledasafunctionoffalloutcomevariables,intervention/controlstatus,andfourdemographicvariables:gender,ethnicity,free/reducedlunchstatus,andspecialeducation.Level-1Model:StudentOutcomes(achievement,readingstrategies,ormotivation)

Yij=� 0j+

� 1j(Y*ij)+� 2j(Tij)+

� mj mij+ ijm=3

Yij isthespringstudentoutcome(post-test)scoreforstudentiatschoolj;� 0jisthemeanstudentoutcome(post-test)scoreforcontrolstudentsat schoolj;Y*ijisthefallstudentoutcome(pre-test)scoreforstudenticenteredat schoolj;� 1jistheaveragestudentoutcome(pre-test)slopeforstudentsatschoolj;Tij=1ifstudentiisassignedtoLSCinterventionatschoolj,and0ifcontrol;� 2jisthemeandifferenceofstudentoutcomepre-postgainbetweeninterventionand

controlstudentsatschoolj; mij areadditionalcovariatesrepresentingdemographiccharacteristicsofstudentiat

schoolj(gender,ethnicity,free/reducedlunch,andspecialeducationstatus);� mjarecoefficientscorrespondingtostudentdemographiccovariates(gender,

ethnicity,free/reducedlunch,specialeducationstatus),and ij istherandomeffectrepresentingthedifferencebetweenstudentij’sscoreandthe

predictedmeanscoreforschoolj. Theseresidualeffectsareassumednormallydistributedwithmean0andvariancea 2.

Level-2Model: StudentAchievement–SchoolLevel

Thisanalysiswasperformedondatafrom9thgradestudentscollectedforoneyear. Thecovariatesinthismodelpertaintotheconcurrentyearthestudentwasintheinterventionor

controlgroupwiththeexceptionoftheReadingKentuckyCoreContentTest(KCCT)score,forwhichthescoreforthebaseyear,spring,2010,wasused. InadditiontothebaseyearReadingKCCTscore,otherschoollevelcovariatesincludedenrollment,percentofwhitestudentsintheschool,percentofAfricanAmericanstudents,percentofstudentsqualifyingforfreeorreducedlunchfeesandpercentofstudentswithdisabilities..

� 0j=

� 1j=� 2j=� mj

y 10y 20y m0

y oqWqj

y 00 isthemeanstudentoutcome(post-test)scoreof9thgradecontrolstudents

inKentuckyStrivingReadersmiddleschoolsWqj areschoollevelcovariatesincludingbaseyearReadingKCCT(spring,2010),and

averageschoolpercentfree/reducedlunch,percentwhitestudents,percentblackstudents,andpercentdisability;

y oqarecoefficientscorrespondingtoschool-levelcovariates;µ 0j istheuniqueeffectofschooljonmeanstudentoutcome,holdingWqjconstant(or

conditioningonWqj)-thiseffectisassumednormallydistributedwithmean0andvarianceT 2;

y 10isthefallstudentoutcome(pre-test)slope;y 20istheoveralltargetinterventiontreatmenteffectonspringstudentoutcome

(post-test)scores;y m0 isthefixedmthstudentcovariateeffect(gender,ethnicity,free/reducedlunch,special

educationstatus) onthespringoutcomevariable.

SelectionofCovariates. TherandomassignmentprocedureincludedallstudentdemographicvariablesintheHLMmodel,sowereincludedregardlessofsignificance.Interactioneffectswerenotconsidered.

AppendixB

StudyMeasures

StudentSurvey

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Mokhtari,K.&Reichard,C.A.(2002).Assessingstudents‘metacognitiveawarenessofreadingstrategies.JournalofEducationalPsychology,94(2),249-259.doi:10.1037/0022-0663.94.2.249

Wigfield,A.,&Guthrie,J.T.(1997).Relationsofchildren’smotivationforreadingtotheamountandbreadthoftheirreading.JournalofEducationalPsychology,89(3),420-432.doi:10.1037/0022-0663.89.3.420

TeacherObservationProtocol

TeacherFirstName:

TeacherLastName:_

School:

Date(includingdayoftheweek):_

Time:_

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Notes:

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