Literacy First - Literacy Challenge Survey

Learn what you need to do to best enable your students to accelerate achievement. Read and check all the items that apply.

Indicator	Response
1. not met AYP standards for 3 or more years?	Yes No
2. fewer than 75% of students reading on grade level?	Yes No
3. had 2 or more principals in four years?	Yes No
4. an annual teacher turnover of 15% or higher?	Yes No
5. implemented a new reading initiative and have not demonstrated at least a 30% increase in student achievement in two years?	Yes No
6. less than 50% free/reduced lunch but do not have at least 75% of students reading on grade level?	Yes No
7. an unsatisfactorily high number of discipline referrals, suspensions and expulsions that are not drug or gang related?	Yes No
8. a principal who does not spend at least 1 hour per day visiting classrooms?	Yes No
9. initiated the same new program and it worked effectively in one school but not in the other?	Yes No
10. (middle/high schools) 15% or more of their students reading at least 3 grades below level (bottom quartile)?	Yes No
11. (middle/high schools) at least 20% of the students receiving below average or failing grades in content area classes?	Yes No

Scenario 1 - A School has been underperforming for 3 or more years

Year 1 - a new “program” initiated and there was a small jump (less than 10%tile points) in student achievement scores
Year 2 - increase in achievement scores was maintained but no additional growth
Year 3 - achievement shows a slight dip - sporadic implementation of new “program”
Year 4 - sporadic implementation and regression of student achievement continues
Year 5 - another new “program” is introduced and there is slight increase in student achievement

Yes, we have experienced a similar situation

Scenario 2 - A School has been underperforming for over 5 years

Initiated a new “program” without consulation with teachers
Year 1 - No change in student achievement, high teacher frustration with the new program and teachers are fighting implementation
Year 2 - Most teachers are doing things the “old way” - still no change in achievement
Year 3 - Everything back the way it as before the “change” without improvement in achievement

Yes, we have experienced a similar situation

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Literacy Challenge Survey