Indiana Reading Initiatives
Read On, Indiana!
Anna Shults, Reading Specialist
ashults@doe.in.gov
John Wolf, Reading Specialist
jwolf@doe.in.gov
The Vision of the
Indiana Department of Education
90% of students will pass the Language Arts
section of Indiana Statewide Testing for
Educational Progress (ISTEP+) and End-ofCourse Assessments (ECA) by 2012.
Why a Sense of Urgency in
Indiana?
• Confusion surrounding a Core Reading
Program
• Lack of explicit lessons being taught
• Misunderstanding of progress monitoring
importance
What purposes are served by state
literacy frameworks?
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Address a high priority goal or problem
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Summarize the knowledge and beliefs that
should inform reading practices
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Set forth a framework to organize efforts
at all levels
Indiana K-6 Reading Framework
Six organizing components of the framework:
1. Goals
2. Instruction
3. Assessment
4. Professional Development
5. Leadership
6. Commitment
Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:
Goals
• Development of individualized, measurable
reading goals
• Understanding of formative versus
summative goals
Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:
Instruction
• Effective use of a secured 90 minutes for
daily reading instruction
• Use of research-based strategies, programs,
interventions, and materials
• Differentiated instruction based on student
data to reach reading goals
Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:
Assessment
• Significance and purpose of assessment
measures
• Relationship to Response to Instruction
(RtI)
• Use of data to make instructional decisions
and guide professional development
Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:
Assessment
Assessment Systems
• screen and place students
• monitor progress
• monitor effectiveness of instruction
• determine overall proficiency and extent to
which students meet their goals
• diagnose specific skill needs
Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:
Professional Development
• Targets research-based practices
• Commitment to time for educators to learn
reading programs and improve instruction
through individual and collaborative planning
and reflection
• Assessment data drives PD efforts
Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:
Professional Development
• Training and embedded support that is
coordinated, ongoing, and multidimensional
• High quality PD fosters a deep understanding
of reading priorities and leads to effective
implementation of proven practices.
Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:
Leadership
• Leadership structures at multiple levels to
build and sustain schoolwide reading
practices that infuse effective reading
instruction with content areas
• Development of Reading Leadership Teams
with defined roles and responsibilities
Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:
Leadership
School administrators and leadership teams
• work collaboratively to establish a coherent
plan for reading instruction,
• understand key elements of reading
instruction
• make grade level (or above grade level)
reading a priority
Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:
Commitment
• Development of a school Reading Plan
• Providing regular reports of reading
progress to stakeholders
• Actively involving parents and community
members in fostering and promoting
reading achievement
Indiana’s K-6 Reading Framework:
Commitment
• Implementing the necessary changes to
improve reading achievement for all
students
• Using staff and resources purposefully and
effectively to support reading goals
• Promoting a culture of shared responsibility
and accountability for results
Elementary Reading Plan
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Leadership Team
Core Program (Tier 1)
Tier 1 Instructional Minutes
Tier 2 and Tier 3 Instruction
Tier 2 and Tier 3 Instructional Minutes
K-2 and 3-6 Assessment & Goals
Professional Development Efforts
Parent Communication Plan
PL 109 will help schools and teachers
produce successful readers by…
- focusing on high quality, comprehensive K-3
reading for all students
- putting an emphasis on scientifically-based
reading research
- basing all instructional decisions on data
- providing supports for struggling readers
Statewide Reading Campaign