Just Read, Florida
    ?
    Presenters: Laurie Lee and Ruth Jones
    June 2008
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    ?
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    ?
    Dr. Eric J. Smith, Commissioner
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    ?

    Research-Based Reading
    ?
    Instruction Allocation
    ?
    ?
    Section 1011.62(a), F.S.
    ?
    The research-based reading instruction
    allocation is created to provide
    comprehensive reading instruction to
    students in kindergarten through grade 12.
    ?
    $111,511,321.00 statewide for 2008-09
    ?
    K-12 Comprehensive Reading Plan
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    Use of Reading Allocation
    ?
    ?
    The provision of highly qualified reading coaches and
    reading teachers.
    ?
    Professional development for school district teachers in
    scientifically based reading instruction, including strategies
    to teach reading in content areas and with an emphasis on
    technical and informational text.
    ?
    The provision of summer reading camps for students who
    score at Level 1 on FCAT Reading.
    ?
    The provision of supplemental instructional materials that are
    grounded in scientifically based reading research.
    ?
    The provision of intensive interventions for middle and high
    school students reading below grade level.
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    Enrollment in a Reading
    ?
    Intervention Course
    ?
    ?
    Sections 1003.4156(5)(b) & 1003.428(2)(b-c), F.S.
    ?
    Section 1008.25(2b) & (4)(a-c), F.S.
    ?
    Provides for remediation of students at Levels 1 & 2
    ?
    For each year in which a student scores at Level 1 on FCAT
    Reading, the student must be enrolled in and complete an
    intensive reading course the following year.
    ?
    Placement of Level 2 readers in either an intensive reading
    course or a content area course in which reading strategies are
    delivered shall be determined by diagnosis of reading needs.
    ?
    Provides for flexibility in delivering reading intervention to 11
    th
    and 12
    th grade students who have met the graduation
    requirement through an FCAT Reading score of 1926-2067
    (Level 2) or through the use of concordant scores (State Board
    Rule 6A-6.054 (3)(e).
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    Courses Used for Reading
    ?
    Intervention for L1 Secondary
    ?
    Students
    ?
    ?
    Grades 6-8
    ?
    1000000 M/J INTENSIVE
    LANGUAGE ARTS
    ?
    1000010 M/J INTENSIVE
    READING
    ?
    1000020 M/J INTENSIVE
    READING & CAREER
    PLANNING
    ?
    1002180 M/J DEVELOPMENTAL
    LANGUAGE ARTS THROUGH
    ESOL (MC)
    ?
    7810020 READING: 6-8
    ?
    Grades 9-12
    1000400 INTENSIVE
    ?
    LANGUAGE ARTS
    ?
    ?
    1000410 INTENSIVE READING
    ?
    ?
    7910100 READING: 9-12
    ?
    1002380 DEVELOPMENTAL
    LANGUAGE ARTS THROUGH
    ESOL
    ?
    7910400 LIFE SKILLS
    READING: 9-12
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    Courses Used for Reading
    ?
    Intervention for L2 Students
    ?
    ?
    Any reading course listed on the previous
    slide
    ?
    For Level 2 fluent students, any course taught
    by someone reading endorsed or certified (or
    working towards that status), or taught by
    someone who has completed Content Area
    Reading Professional Development (CAR-
    PD).
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    ?
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    ?
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    ?

    Reading Intervention Component
    ?
    Student Course Schedule format
    ?
    Element: Reading Intervention Component
    Y = Course is used to provide reading intervention.
    ?
    N = Course is not used to provide reading intervention.
    ?
    F
    (NEW) = Flexibility
    ?
    ?
    Course is used to provide reading intervention to students who
    have met the graduation requirement in reading with a score of
    Level 2 on FCAT Reading (or a concordant score) as noted in
    SBER 6A-6.054(3)(e).
    ?
    Having a student assigned to the class under this “flexibility”
    provision does not require the teacher of the course to be
    reading endorsed, reading certified or to have completed
    Content Area Reading Professional Development, but the
    teacher must be knowledgeable in providing reading strategies.
    ?
    This code applies to students in grade levels 11 and 12 only.
    Z = Student is not in grades KG-12.
    ?
    Use this code for survey
    periods 1 and 4 also.
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    Reading Intervention Component, continued
    ?
    What must be reported for each student KG-12 who scored at levels 1 or 2 on
    FCAT Reading, including 11th and 12th grade students who are served through an
    intensive reading course or a content area course taught by a teacher who is
    reading endorsed, certified, or who has completed CAR-PD, and students who
    evidenced a reading deficiency as shown on a diagnostic assessment?
    Report a ‘Y’ code on at least one course
    ?
    What must be reported for 11th and 12th grade students who have met the
    graduation requirement in reading with a score of Level 2 on FCAT Reading or a
    concordant score and are served in a content area course taught by someone
    who is not reading endorsed or certified and has not completed CAR-PD?
    Report an ‘F’ code on at least one course
    When must the information be reported?
    Survey 2 (October)
    Survey 3 (February)
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    Reading Intervention Component, Continued
    ?
    Submit Corrections for 2007-08
    – Must be code Y, N, or Z in surveys 2 and 3.
    – Corrections for Survey 2 must be submitted by July 25,
    2008.
    – Corrections for Survey 3 must be submitted by November
    21, 2008.
    – District enrollment data will be distributed to District
    Reading Contacts at the Just Read, Florida! Leadership
    Conference to be held June 29-July 2.
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    Reading Intervention - Available Reports
    ?
    ?
    Available through Reports for Request menu in
    CICC system at NWRDC.
    ?
    Number of Students in Reading Intervention by
    Grade and School.
    ?
    Report number F70884.
    ?
    Use this report to check the accuracy of data reporting.
    ?
    New report of elementary students who have
    fewer than the required 90 minutes of reading.
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    Reading Fluency Requirement
    ?
    ?
    State Board Rule 6A-6.054 requires grades 6-12
    students who are disfluent to receive additional
    instructional time to work on fluency issues as well
    as comprehension and vocabulary.
    ?
    Districts choose the assessment used to determine
    fluency and set the cut-scores to distinguish fluent
    students from disfluent students.
    ?
    In order to determine whether students are
    receiving appropriate instruction, the fluency status
    of students must be reported.
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    Reading Fluency
    New Element: Reading Fluency
    F = The student has been determined to be fluent in
    reading through the use of a district assessment(s).
    D = The student has been determined to be disfluent in
    reading through the use of a district assessment(s).
    Z = Not applicable. The student is in grade level PK-05
    or scored above Level 2 on the Reading subtest of
    the FCAT. Also use code Z for all students in
    Survey Period 7.
    Report on the Federal/State Indicator format.
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    Reading Fluency, continued
    ?
    ?
    What must be reported for students in grades 6-12 who scored at level 1
    or 2 on FCAT reading and are determined to be fluent through district
    assessment(s), including students in grades 11 and 12 regardless of
    whether graduation requirements have been met?
    ?
    R
    eport an ‘F’ for these students.
    ?
    What must be reported for students in grades 6-12 who scored at level 1
    or 2 on FCAT reading and are determined to be disfluent through district
    assessment(s), including students in grades 11 and 12 regardless of
    whether graduation requirements have been met?
    ?
    Report a ‘D’ for these students.
    ?
    When must the information be reported?
    ?
    Survey 2 (October), 3 (February), and 5 (End of Year)
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    Progress Monitoring
    ?
    ?
    Section 1008.25(4)(a-b), F.S.
    ?
    Each student who does not meet specific levels of
    performance in reading for each grade level (as
    determined by the district school board), or who
    scores below Level 3 in reading must be provided
    with additional diagnostic assessments to determine
    the nature of the student's difficulty.
    ?
    Provides for diagnostic and progress monitoring
    assessment of students at L1 and L2.
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    Students Targeted for Progress Monitoring
    ?
    ?
    Students scoring at Level 1 and 2 on FCAT
    Reading in grades 4-12
    ?
    Students identified as having a reading
    deficiency in grades K-3
    – Determined by the individual school or district
    ?
    Districts have the option of administering
    assessments 3 or 4 times per year.
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    PMRN Data System
    ?
    PMRN = Progress Monitoring and Reporting
    Network.
    ?
    Data management system for planning and
    evaluating reading instruction.
    ?
    Developed and managed by Florida Center
    for Reading Research (FCRR).
    ?
    Internet-based system.
    ?
    Approximately 2,700 schools in 2007-08.
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    Survey 6 – Reading Data
    ?
    Purpose: Produce initial class lists.
    ?
    Previously sent directly to FCRR.
    ?
    In 2008-09, send via the Staff and Student
    Database System.
    ?
    Survey 6.
    ?
    Data not submitted via survey 6 will need to
    be entered by the school via the PMRN
    interface.
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    Survey 6 -
    Advantages
    ?
    ?
    Cost savings – eliminates maintenance of a
    data collection system.
    ?
    Time savings – eliminates creation of
    separate data files.
    ?
    Data Quality – the data will go through the
    survey 6 edit process before being sent to the
    PMRN.
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    Survey 6 – Student Demographic Information
    •All PK-12 students in membership on the survey date.
    ?
    Elements:
    ?
    District Number, Current
    Instruction/Service
    ?
    District Number, Current
    Enrollment
    ?
    School Number, Current
    Enrollment
    ?
    Student Number Identifier,
    Florida
    ?
    Survey Period Code
    Year
      
    ?
    Student Number Identifier
    – Alias, Florida
    ?
    Student Name, Legal
    ?
    Gender
    ?
    Grade Level
    ?
    Birth Date
    Data is optional for other fields. Default values will be loaded.
    ?
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    Survey 6 – Staff Demographic
    •All instructional staff
    Elements:
    – District Number
    – Fiscal Year
    – School Number,
    – Employee Name,
    Primary/Home
    Legal
    – Social Security Number
    – Exempt from Public
    ?
    Records Law,
    – Survey Period Code
    Employee
    Data is optional for other fields. Default values will be loaded.
    ?
    If a Staff Number Identifier, Local is submitted it will be used during the
    ?
    edit process but will not be provided to FCRR.
    ?
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    Survey 6 – Responsible Instructor – Reading,
    ?
    Writing and Mathematics
    ?
    •Instructors responsible for Reading instruction of a
    ?
    student submitted for PMRN.
    ?
    Elements:
    – Survey Period Code
    – District Number, Current
    Enrollment
    – School Year
    – School Number, Current
    – Primary Instructor
    Enrollment
    Responsible, Reading
    – Student Number
    ?
    Identifier, Florida
    ?
    Data is optional for other fields. Default values will be loaded.
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    Survey 6 – Responsible Instructor Reading –
    ?
    Defined
    ?
    •Instructors responsible for Reading instruction of a
    ?
    student submitted for PMRN.
    ?
    ?
    The Responsible Instructor in grades K-5 is the teacher that
    delivers the 90 minutes of Core Reading instruction.
    ?
    The Responsible Instructor in grades 6-12 for FCAT Level 1
    and 2 students is the Intensive Reading Teacher
    ?
    The Responsible Instructor in grades 6-12 for FCAT Level 3,
    4 and 5 students is the English/Language Arts teacher for the
    student
    Only include those students in the file who will be progress monitored
    and have scores entered in the PMRN.
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    Survey 6 -
    Timeline
    ?
    Date
    District
    DOE
    August 29
    Send initial files.
    Review edit and validation
    reports.
    Correct errors.
    8:00 am. Run initial files.
    Run validation reports.
    3:15 pm. Run initial files.
    August 29
    By 4:00 pm. Send batch
    files.
    4:00 pm. Run batch files.
    Run validation reports.
    August 30-
    September 1
    Weekend and holiday.
    Weekend and holiday.
    September 2
    DUE DATE
    Send initial/batch files.
    Review edit & validation
    reports. Correct errors.
    Send corrected records.
    8:00 am. Run initial & batch
    files. Run validation reports.
    3:15 pm. Run initial files.
    4:00 pm. Run batch files and
    validation reports.
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    Survey 6 – Timeline, continued
    ?
    Date
    District
    DOE
    September 3
    Send initial/batch files.
    Review edit & validation
    reports. Correct errors.
    Send corrected records.
    8:00 am. Run initial & batch
    files. Run validation reports.
    4:00 pm. Run batch files.
    September 3
    or 4
    After batches run. Create a file
    of PMRN records.
    September 4
    Give file of PMRN records to
    FCRR.
    No further processing of PMRN records on the staff and student database.
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    Student Progress
    ?
    Format: Student Assessment
    What must be reported?
    – Reading assessment information for KG-12 students
    targeted for reading intervention
    – If test scores are not in the Progress Monitoring and
    Reporting Network (PMRN).
    – Maze scores may now be reported through the PMRN;
    ?
    however, the assessment is not administered online.
    ?
    When should the information be reported?
    – Survey 2 (October), survey 3 (February) and survey 5
    (End of Year).
    – Send only information not previously sent.
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    Student Progress, cont.
    • What test should be reported?
    – Use the test(s) listed in the district’s K-12
    Comprehensive Reading Plan.
    – Report the following:
    Name/Code – See appendix I
    Form
    Level
    Publication year
    Subject content – See appendix L
    Date of Testing
    Score
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    Student Progress, continued
    ?
    ?
    Why are there two test scores and score types on
    the format?
    – For verification purposes, districts should submit two
    combinations of Test Score Type and Test Score for the
    Test Subject Content area reported (if available).
    – If only one set is submitted use Test Score Type 1 and
    Test Score 1. Report zeroes for the second set.
    – Test Score must be numeric, right justified, with leading
    zeros.
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    Student Progress, continued
    What are the valid Test Score Types?
    For Test Score Type 1:
    For Test Score Type 2:
    ?
    – LX = Lexile
    – NP = National Percentile
    – NC = Normal Curve
    – SS = Scale Score
    ?
    Equivalent
    – ZZ = None
    ?
    – PF – Pass/Fail
    – RS = Raw Score
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    Teacher Highly-Qualified Status
    ?
    ?
    All teachers who teach reading intervention courses
    (both reading or content-area)
    ?
    Used to show progress towards meeting No Child
    Left Behind requirement
    ?
    Certified or endorsed in reading
    ?
    Pursuing certification
    ?
    Completed CAR-PD entirely or with the exception of
    the practicum
    ?
    Number of reading endorsement competencies met
    ?
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    Reading Endorsement Competencies
    ?
    ?
    Staff Data Base – Staff Demographic Information
    format
    ?
    Data Elements – Reading Endorsement,
    Competencies 1-6
    ?
    Indicates the status of teachers in relation to
    Reading Endorsement or K-12 Reading
    Certification.
    ?
    Codes Y, N, C, R, P and Z.
    ?
    Surveys 2 (October), 3 (February) and 5 (End of
    Year)
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    Element Name: Reading Endorsement, Competency (1-6)
    Definition: A code to indicate the instructional staff member’s completion
    or non-completion of Competency 1 required for a Reading
    ?
    Endorsement.
    ?
    Y = Yes, the instructional staff member completed Competency 1.
    ?
    N = No, the instructional staff member did not complete Competency 1.
    ?
    C = The instructional staff member is in the process of completing the
    practicum for content area reading professional development (CAR-
    PD) or has completed CAR-PD in its entirety.
    R = The instructional staff member has met the requirement through K-
    12 Reading certification.
    P = The instructional staff member is currently working toward
    ?
    completion of K-12 Reading certification.
    ?
    Z = Not applicable – not an instructional employee or not required
    for/applicable to this instructional staff member.
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    Reading Endorsement Competencies,
    ?
    continued
    ?
    ?
    Required for teachers providing reading intervention through
    a reading or content area course.
    ?
    Also report for Reading Coaches and others pursuing these
    credentials.
    ?
    If any of the six competency codes is P, then all the codes
    must be P.
    ?
    If any of the six competency codes is C, then all the codes
    must be C.
    ?
    If any of the six competency codes is R, then all the codes
    must be R.
    ?
    If any of the six competency codes is Z, then all the codes
    must be Z.
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    Reading Coaches
    • Staff Database – Job Codes
    – 64021 Elementary
    – 64022 Middle/Junior High
    – 64023 Senior High
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    Helpful Web Sites
    ?
    Formats, elements, appendixes and edits:
    ?
    http://www.fldoe.org/eias/dataweb/student_0809.asp
    ?
    http://www.fldoe.org/eias/dataweb/staff_0809.asp
    ?
    ?
    Technical Assistance Paper:
    Intensive Reading
    Instruction – Student data Base Reporting
    Requirements
    :
    – http://www.fldoe.org/eias/dataweb/tech/reading.asp
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    Contact Persons
    Just Read, Florida!
    Laurie Lee
    (850) 245-5059
    ?
    Laurie.Lee@fldoe.org
    ?
    Education Information Services
    (850) 245-0400
    Nada Scott – student data
    ?
    Nada.Scott@fldoe.org
    ?
    Teresa Sancho – staff data
    ?
    Teresa.Sancho@fldoe.org
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