January 2014

Goals of Success Building

To improve students reading

comprehension of fiction and
nonfiction text.

To increase the reading level and

comprehension performance of
participating students.

Overview

9th, 10th, 11th grade students

Students who scored between the 21st & 45th
percentile on Iowa Assessment
357 students scheduled for 2nd semester
29 minutesfour times a week
Eight to ten students per class
One-on-one time built into lesson plans for
comprehension and fluency instruction

My favorite thing about teaching Success

Building is that I can build relationships with a
small group of students to help improve their
reading skills, engage them in books that fit their
interest and reading level, encourage them to
push themselves and communicate that their
success matters.
-BA

Teachers
41 teachers
Continuity of staff (25 teachers in third year)
New teachers to EHS trained & teaching SB
Variety of departments represented

Fidelity to the Program

Follow prepared lesson plans

As a teacher there is
no greater joy than
igniting the love of
reading.
No other single thing
we do can improve our
students lives more
than this.
-SE

Professional Development
On-goingat least once a month
Summer Training Opportunity (2-days)

Required for new teachers

Recommended for returning Success Building
teachers
Open to all EHS staff

Iowa Professional Development Model

Classroom visits

Research Based

Instructional Strategies

Gradual Release of Responsibility

Engagement Strategies
Cooperative Learning
Self-monitoring

Reading Strategies

ComprehensionVocabularyFluency
Summarizing; Inferring; Questioning; Connecting;
Predicting; Visualizing; Monitoring; Attending to
text structure

Data
Iowa Assessment Scores
2012-2013

I like teaching Success Building because of the relationship I build

with each and every student in the class. I know their interests,
struggles, strengths, likes and dislikes. By having this individual
relationship with the student, I can better help them improve their
reading skills and work toward their individualized goals.
-RB

2012
IA. Assess.
Proficiency
Rate

2013
IA. Assess.
Proficiency
Rate

+/- Change
Proficiency
Rate

Full Year

36.29%

53.67%

17.37%

Including
Partial
Year
Students

37.46%

53.31%

15.85%

2011-2012 and 2012-2013 Iowa Assessments

Mean Increases for the Success Building
End of Year Students
25

21.6
20

15.8
15
Scale
Points
10

13.3

12.7

9.3
7.5

Expected Mean
Standard Score
Increase

6.8

7.9
Actual Mean
Standard Score
Increase

0
8th to
9th
Grade

9th to
10th
Grade

10th to
11th
Grade

Mean
Total

Data 2013-2014

Regular collection and analysis of achievement

data (individual; MAP; IA Assessment)
Communication with students regarding test
scores, goal-setting, and progress toward goals
MAP-progress monitoring to project proficiency

As 7th Graders Expected Actual As 8th Graders Expected

Fall
2012 IA Assessments Growth Growth 2013 IA Assessments Growth Fall MAP Winter
Duration
Percentile SS 7th-8th 7th-8th Percentile SS 8th-9th
MAP
28
213
9
13
31
226
8
212
216
62

MAP Projected Proficiency

on 2013 Iowa Assessment
2012 Iowa Assessment

36%

Fall MAP

39%

Winter MAP

48%

Spring MAP

50%

2013 Iowa Assessment

53.67%

2014 MAP Projected Proficiency

on Iowa Assessment
2013 Iowa Assessment

16%

Fall MAP

47%

Winter MAP

56%

Expected Increase

40%

The Success Building

class makes me feel
smart when I get
higher scores on the
MAP test. I can read
out loud a lot faster
now. I am more fluent
and my comprehension
is better when I read.
-9th grade student