Transcript Florida Center for Reading Research: Mission & Projects

Florida Center for Reading Research:
Mission & Projects
Dr. Marcia L. Grek
Council of Language Arts Supervisors, May 2003
Mission: Participate in the
Leadership Triangle
To serve as part of Florida’s
Leadership Triangle for the Just
Read, Florida! initiative and to
provide technical assistance and
support to all districts and
schools receiving a Reading First
grant.
Mission: Conduct Research
To conduct basic and applied research
on reading, reading growth, reading
assessment, and reading instruction that
• will contribute to the scientific
knowledge of reading
• will have an immediate impact on policy
and practices related to literacy
instruction and assessment in Florida
Mission: Disseminate Information
To disseminate information about
research-based practices related to
literacy instruction and assessment
for children in pre-school through
12th grade
-Website
-Published Research Studies
FCRR Project:
Professional Development
Work in partnership with the
Leadership Triangle to develop
high quality professional
development modules for literacy
instruction for Reading First
teachers, administrators and
support staff
FCRR Project:
Student Assessment
State-wide training for personnel from
Reading First schools in the
administration and interpretation of
reliable and valid measures of reading
progress for grades K-3
-DIBELS
-Diagnostics
-Outcome Measures
FCRR Project:
Web-based System
Florida has developed a web-based Progress
Monitoring and Reporting Network (PMRN)
to:
•Organize and store all K-3 data
•Make reports easily and quickly available
•Track student progress within and across
years
FCRR Project: PMRN
Reporting as easy as 1, 2, 3, 4
1. Assess: Assessment Teams monitor student
progress 4 times per year.
2. Enter Data: Designated data enter personnel
enter the scores into the user friendly website.
3. Compute: The PMRN quickly aggregates the
data
4. Access: Teacher can immediately access their
class reports from any computer with internet
access.
https://pmrn.fcrr.org
Florida Reading First
Assessment - Risk Status
Low Risk
“Good to Go”
Moderate Risk
Caution
High Risk
DANGER!
Colors provide a
quick indication
of the student’s
progress and the
risk that they
have of not
achieving the
expected level of
proficiency.
Florida Reading
First Assessment Class Status Report
Class Status Report
Ghost County Schools, Casper Elementary
Grade 1, Smith
Assessment Period 2, 2002-2003
Class List
Instructional
Level
PSF
Interval Benchmark
Target
36
The Class Status Report is
the first report that a
teacher sees.
It provides a “snapshot” of
the class’ progress, a quick
indication of each child’s
success, and navigation
links to all of the other
reports.
The Class Status Report
helps answer the question
of who is at risk.
Apple, Adam
Bass, Stripped
Chamberlain, Wilt
Doe, Jane
Delta, River
Family- Robinson, Swiss
Howard, Ron
Kingdom, Lost
Loafer, Penny
Patti,, Peppermint
Smith, John
Walton, Erin
Walton, John
Brown, Lucas
Clancy, Tom
Friday, Joe
Tannenbaum, Oh
Tree, Chris
Tumble, Major
Ford, Henry
Greer, Rosie
Mammoth, Joe
Wagner, Lindsey
Wood, Ceder
9 (D)
5 (D)
3 (D)
5 (D)
3 (D)
2 (D)
27 (E)
4 (D)
28 (E)
3 (D)
40 (Es)
39 (Es)
28 (E)
7 (D)
27 (E)
8 (D)
8 (D)
39 (Es)
35 (E)
45 (Es)
34 (E)
32 (E)
8 (D)
40 (Es)
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Intensive
Strategic
Strategic
Strategic
Strategic
Strategic
Strategic
Benchmark
Benchmark
Benchmark
Benchmark
Benchmark
Next
Target
Class Grade Level
PMT Summary
Class
PMT
NWF
ORF
38
14
15 (AR)
14 (AR)
16 (AR)
13 (AR)
17 (AR)
18 (AR)
20 (AR)
11 (AR)
25 (SR)
26 (SR)
16 (AR)
35 (SR)
36 (SR)
30 (SR)
17 (AR)
36 (SR)
32 (SR)
18 (AR)
27 (SR)
40 (LR)
30 (SR)
39 (LR)
50 (LR)
36 (SR)
5 (AR)
2 (AR)
4 (AR)
3 (AR)
4 (AR)
2 (AR)
1 (AR)
12 (SR)
3 (AR)
0 (AR)
5 (AR)
5 (AR)
5 (AR)
8 (SR)
12 (SR)
14 (LR)
20 (LR)
12 (SR)
13 (SR)
19 (LR)
15 (LR)
14 (LR)
17 (LR)
21 (LR)
51
21
Class
PMT
Class
PMT
Progress
Tracking
Tool
Progress
Tracking
Tool
Print All Parent Reports
Progress
Tracking
Tool
Project: FCRR Reports
• Purpose:
– To be a reliable resource for school districts
as they make decisions about instructional
materials
– To report the alignment of instructional
materials to Reading First guidelines and the
degree to which they are consistent with
current scientifically based reading research
Process for FCRR Reports
• A comprehensive review of teacher and student
materials is conducted.
• A thorough literature review is conducted and
all available research is gathered. This research
is analyzed and succinctly summarized.
• More information is gathered through
– observations of the program in classrooms.
– conference calls with principals and teachers
who use the program.
– meetings with the author/publisher.
– the program’s website.
Content of FCRR Reports
• Description
• Alignment with Reading First
• Review of Research
• Strengths and Weaknesses
• Contact information of Florida counties
that implement the program
• Link to the program’s website
• References
FCRR Project:
Assessment Development
•Development of reliable and valid early
literacy assessment methods for preschool
children ages 3-5
•Development of efficient, reliable and valid,
computer-adaptive and group-administered
early reading progress monitoring
assessments for children in grades
K-3
•Development of a computer adaptive
diagnostic assessment for 4-12 students
FCRR Project: FCAT Research
•Conduct research on the FCAT
reading assessment that will
help guide instruction and
improve student performance
www.fcrr.org