Impact on Student Learning

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This section is dedicated to all the learning & growth that my students have achieved.

Here you will find multiple sources of evidence showing that virtually all my students in class 602 & 603, including special populations - students with disabilities (SWD) and English language learners (ELL) - have achieved substantial gains on New York State Common Core Standards as seen through their growth on the Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) Assessment.

Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) Assessment

Degrees of Reading Power® is a quick, simple measure of literacy skills, meant to measure a student’s comprehension of text passages. While many other assessments test reading “skills,” like phonetics, vocabulary, and mastery of sentence structure, DRP measures a student’s overall ability to comprehend and critically absorb passages of text.

DRP scores are precise, reliable indicators of student reading comprehension. On a scale from 1-100, DRP scores are aligned to grade level entry and exit levels, so educators can use it as a screener, progress monitor, and end-of-grade growth measure.

DRP Data Fall 2018 - Winter 2019

Chart #1: Overall DRP Growth

Chart #1 Data Highlights

95% of ALL my students showed growth from the fall DRP to the winter DRP.
All 6 ELL students showed an average growth of +11.5.
11 of 19 SWD students showed an average growth of +11.6.

DRP Growth 602:603.pdf

Implications & Response to Data:

In response to the fall 2018 DRP, my co-teacher and I identified specific students who needed additional supports. We grouped them and scheduled weekly AIS support sessions with those students.
Furthermore, we identified ACADEMIC VOCABULARY as an area of weakness (based on both DRP & iReady Diagnostic results). We took action and created a take-home academic Jenga game (see below) for students to play at home with their family as part of our Academic Parent Teacher Team (APTT) initiative. (see APTT section for more information)
The winter 2019 DRP yielded significant gains for most students; however, we did realize there was still a missing peice to the reading growth puzzle. That being said, we again analyzed the DRP and iReady winter diagnostic and decided that we needed to take a step back from academic vocabulary to focus more on overall READING COMPREHENSION & DISCOURSE. In short, we want our students to fall back in love with reading and encourage them to discuss with family and friends what they read in order to increase comprehension and push their critical thinking.
For our second APTT meeting with our student's families, we created a second game titled "Lit Sparks" (see below) that engages families in discussions with their child and gets them thinking about and beyond the words on the page.

AcademicVocabularyGameJengaMiddleSchool.pdf

APTT Lit Sparks Directions.pdf

Chart #2: Average Score Change (Fall:Winter)

602 603 DRP Score Growth Fall to Winter .pdf

Chart #2 Data Highlights:

Students in the lowest category, Low L1 (dark red), saw an average growth of +14 points on their winter DRP.
Students approaching grade level in High L2 (yellow) grew an average of +3 points on their winter DRP (moving them into grade level)

Chart #3: Score Shifts (Fall:Winter)

DRP Results Fall Winter 602 603 .pdf

Chart #3 Data Highlights:

A significant number of Low L1 students (dark red) moved into High L1 (red).
High L2 (yellow) students moved into the grade-level L3 category (green).

6th Grade DRP Student Data Tracker

Below is an excel file providing a detailed student report tracking individual DRP scores from the fall 2018 and winter 2019 as well as student growth and special population status.

The column labeled "Diff" provides the differential between each child's fall and winter DRP scores this year.
If you click on the tab on the bottom left of the spreadsheet labeled "DRP Benchmarks" you will find the grade-level expectations set for this year's DRP assessment.

6th Grade Student DRP Tracker 2018-2019

Academic Intervention Services - Taking Strategic, Data-Based Action

This document is part of the action plan created by my co-teacher and I to target specific students based on their i-Ready & DRP diagnostic results from the fall & winter.
We chose students teetering on the line of 2s to 3s because we noticed they all seemed to struggle with similar skills.
Using our administrative periods each day, we scheduled each child into a group to meet with us for a targeted tutoring session! We used NEWSELA to help us create lessons based on the targeted standards & skills as well as tracking their assess and progress throughout this initiative.

AIS Calendar Bonanno & Carbone

One Proud Moment - Ell student shines second time around

One of my students with initials CC, is an ELL student I have had the pleasure of teaching for two years now. Last year, I felt very challenged by the task of differentiating for a student who barely spoke English - it was my first true ELL student. Refusing to fail her, I worked tirelessly to learn new strategies and get to develop a relationship with her so that I could best meet her needs. Despite my best efforts, that year, Charleny did not show much growth or meet the expectations needed to move on to 7th grade.

At the start of this new school year, I delighted to see her and have a second chance to help her reach her potential. I told her from day one that "this is your year!" I increased the time I spent with her conferencing and providing constructive, actionable feedback and asked her to let me know the best ways to help her. Furthermore, I work very closely, planning & analyzing CC's work & data in order to develop plans that best meet her needs.

So far this year, I am beyond proud to share that Charleny has growth SIGNIFICANTLY in all areas of reading, writing, listening, speaking, & overall critical thinking. Her DRP scores went up a total of 21+ points from the fall to the winter & she has blossomed as a writer, scoring a 3.5 on the TC Argument Writing Rubric on her most recent essay!

LAST year's Student Data 2017 - 2018

i-Ready STUDENT GROWTH REPORT 2017 - 2018

These report measures student growth across basic reading skills (phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, and comprehension of fictional and nonfictional texts), which are all relative to targets set by the district. As indicated by both reports (class 604 & 602), my students EXCEEDED their 100% growth target for the year by the winter. Note: the STARS indicate my ELL students.

Average Progress Towards Targeted Growth

Class 604 = 176%
Class 602 = 202%

Average Scale Score Increase Achieved (+15 = Target)

Class 604 = +26
Class 602 = +30

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