Read On, Indiana!

Anna Shults, Reading Specialistashults@doe.in.gov

John Wolf, Reading Specialistjwolf@doe.in.gov

Indiana Reading Initiatives

The Vision of the Indiana Department of

Education

90% of students will pass the Language Arts section of Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational

Progress (ISTEP+) and End-of-Course Assessments (ECA) by

2012.

Why a Sense of Urgency in Indiana?

• Confusion surrounding a Core Reading Program

• Lack of explicit lessons being taught

• Misunderstanding of progress monitoring importance

What purposes are served by state literacy frameworks?

• Address a high priority goal or problem

• Summarize the knowledge and beliefs that should inform reading practices

• Set forth a framework to organize efforts at all levels

Indiana K-6 Reading Framework

Six organizing components of the framework:

1. Goals2. Instruction3. Assessment4. Professional Development5. Leadership6. Commitment

Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:

Goals• Development of individualized,

measurable reading goals

• Understanding of formative versus summative goals

Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:Instruction

• Effective use of a secured 90 minutes for daily reading instruction

• Use of research-based strategies, programs, interventions, and materials

• Differentiated instruction based on student data to reach reading goals

Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:Assessment

• Significance and purpose of assessment measures

• Relationship to Response to Instruction (RtI)

• Use of data to make instructional decisions and guide professional development

Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:Assessment

Assessment Systems• screen and place students• monitor progress• monitor effectiveness of instruction• determine overall proficiency and

extent to which students meet their goals

• diagnose specific skill needs

Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:

Professional Development• Targets research-based practices

• Commitment to time for educators to learn reading programs and improve instruction through individual and collaborative planning and reflection

• Assessment data drives PD efforts

Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:

Professional Development• Training and embedded support that is

coordinated, ongoing, and multidimensional

• High quality PD fosters a deep understanding of reading priorities and leads to effective implementation of proven practices.

Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:Leadership

• Leadership structures at multiple levels to build and sustain schoolwide reading practices that infuse effective reading instruction with content areas

• Development of Reading Leadership Teams with defined roles and responsibilities

Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:Leadership

School administrators and leadership teams

• work collaboratively to establish a coherent plan for reading instruction,

• understand key elements of reading instruction

• make grade level (or above grade level) reading a priority

• Development of a school Reading Plan

• Providing regular reports of reading progress to stakeholders

• Actively involving parents and community members in fostering and promoting reading achievement

Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:Commitment

• Implementing the necessary changes to improve reading achievement for all students

• Using staff and resources purposefully and effectively to support reading goals

• Promoting a culture of shared responsibility and accountability for results

Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:Commitment

Elementary Reading Plan

1. Leadership Team2. Core Program (Tier 1)3. Tier 1 Instructional Minutes 4. Tier 2 and Tier 3 Instruction5. Tier 2 and Tier 3 Instructional Minutes6. K-2 and 3-6 Assessment & Goals7. Professional Development Efforts8. Parent Communication Plan

- focusing on high quality, comprehensive K-3

reading for all students- putting an emphasis on scientifically-

based reading research- basing all instructional decisions on data- providing supports for struggling readers

PL 109 will help schools and teachers produce successful

readers by…

Statewide Reading Campaign