One of the main priorities for the 2022-23 school year was to align our work to address learning gaps and reintroduce student specific skill sets that were impacted during the pandemic. The work of our PLC communities and data reflection- allowed teachers to identify a significant decrease in student essential skills, social emotional coping strategies, and foundational academic needs (reading, writing, mathematics). To begin the process of rebuilding it was determined to restructure our reading interventions (2022-23) through a new roll out of the READ 180 intervention program.  In addition, it was determined for the 2023-24 school t a Mathematics intervention system wll be implemented and built into the master schedule to support student academic learning needs. The READ 180 program was a tremendous success as seen by the following updated data.

2022-2023 READ 180 Data Update

READ 180 Growth Measurement- Students are assessed by the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI) and will take the SRI periodically to compare pre-test and post-test scores. Students will show 50-100 points growth in their Lexile score from pre-test to post-test by the conclusion of the READ 180 course.

Carson Middle School used August and September to assess common formative assessments in their respective grade level ELA classrooms. Through analysis of this data and our vertically aligned content PLC schedule/set up- our teachers identified 30 students that they determined qualified for our READ 180 program.

From October to current the following data is indicative of the success of our program.

●        The initial Lexile score of students was 437.

●        The current Lexile score of students has increased to 592. This is an average change in score of 155 points. 

AVID at Carson Middle School offers targeted support to both teachers and students. The program prioritizes WICOR skills and strategies (Writing, Inquiry, Collaboration, Organization, and Reading) that are designed to support high school, colleage, and post secondary readiness for students. The AVID Site Team is comprised of teacher leaders across the school who are AVID trained and exceptional in their field. They routinely engage in AVID program evaluation, school-wide needs assessment, and planning through the use of targeted AVID school-wide initiatives. For the 2023-2024 school year Carson Middle School will have a 7th and 8th grade elective course offering where student essential skills will be demonstrated in tutoring, service learning, and representatives of Carson Middle School in multiple venues throughout District 8. In addition, as an AVID schoolwide initiative Carson Middle School will be offering an AVID Basics course that introduces AVID strategies in regards to organization, executive functioning, and foundational WICOR skill sets for our students. This will primarily be offered in our 6th grade electives options and will be used as a support intervention to help student increase targeted skill sets.