In 8 years:
53 students with IEPs have graduated out of our Structured Literacy program (finished the intervention)
32 of those have had a full 3-year eligibility evaluation since finishing the intervention (the rest are awaiting reevaluation, moved and we lost contact, or graduated high school before their 3-year anniversary)
65% (21 of those 32 students) tested out of special education entirely
Of the 11 students continuing to receive special education services, only 3 remain for Specific Learning Disability (SLD) in a reading-specific skill
90% (29/32) of reevaluated students do not have an SLD in reading-specific skills (1 remains for Fluency and 2 for Comprehension)
Smaller sample size, but interesting data:
During the 3 Covid-impacted school years of 2019-22:
23 students with IEPs graduated from our program (finished the intervention)
12 of those students have then had a full 3-year eligibility evaluation
9 of those students no longer require special education services
75% = the percent of students no longer on IEPs
91.6% = the percent of students no longer qualifying with an SLD in reading-specific skills (1 student remains for Reading Fluency)
NOTE: An unprecedented number of students (11) had graduated from our program the prior year. Their success left us with only 16 students in 2021-22.
In typical years, we had 20-25 students for a .8 FTE teaching position.
The Student Growth Percentile (SGP) score compares a student’s growth from one period to another with that of his or her academic peers nationwide—defined as students in the same grade with a similar scaled score history. Our students' end-of-year student growth percentiles in 2021-22. See below for what this rate of growth can turn into if maintained across several years.
Both of these students graduated from Structured Literacy class after 3 years. They completed our phonics scope and sequence and read grade-level material accurately, independently, and with understanding.
*STAR = STAR Reading (Renaissance, 2022)
**WIST = Word Identification and Spelling Test (Wilson & Felton, 2004)