Learning to Read at Hillcrest
Presented to NHC Human Relations
Commission
January 26, 2009
John S. Rice & Jessica L. MacDonald
Why We’re Doing This
• New Hanover County End-of-Grade Composite
Reading & Math Scores, 2007-2008
• By Race
• http://disag.ncpublicschools.org/2008/app/di
sag/disag-public.cgi
NHC EOG Composite Scores, 2007-2008
71.4% White
Females
22.2% Black
Males
30.3% Black
Females
67% White
Males
Black M
Black F
White M
White F
The Program
• WHA- UNCW
Community Campus
• Research Team
• Coordinating the
program
Our Tutors
• UNCW Student
Volunteers
• Over 30 volunteers
• Training in Direct
Instruction
The Kids
• 17 students
• Mostly Hillcrest
residents
• Demographics
This Semester and The Future
• Increase expectations
• Improved tutor trainings
• Increase community
involvement
• Program Expansion
Oral Reading Fluency
Number of Words Correct
and Net Gain in ORF
Correct – T1
Correct –T2
Net Gain
700
622
600
500
410
400
300
212
200
100
0
105
53
52
128
101
53
34
19
89
12
C.F. (3rd) M.W. (3rd) Z.W. (3rd)
39
23
16
J.P. (2nd)
107
21
120
76
78
42
48
28
A.S. (2nd) T.W. (2nd) M.W. (2nd)
Total
Number of Errors & Net Gain in ORF
Errors – T1
Errors – T2
Net Gain
50
45
44
40
35
35
30
25
20
20
15
10
5
0
-5
19
14
9
11
3 3
0
3
2
-1 1
3
3
0
3
00
0
3
1
0
C.F. (3rd) M.W. (3rd) Z.W. (3rd) J.P. (2nd) A.S. (2nd) T.W. (2nd) M.W. (2nd)
Total
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Phoneme Segmentation Fluency
Net Gains, Kindergarteners
S.C. (K)
T.W. (K)
O.N. (K)
39
22
16
1
00
PSF T1
PSF T2
Nonsense Word Fluency
NWF – Correct Letter Sounds
Net Gains, Kindergarteners
S.C. (K)
T.W. (K)
O.N. (K)
45
40
40
35
30
25
20
16
15
10
6
5
0
0 0 0
CLS-- T1
CLS -- T2
NWF – Correct Letter Sounds
Net Gains, First Graders
F.S. (1st)
I.M. (1st
A.P. (1st)
53
52
35
29
23
0
CLS-- T1
CLS -- T2