District-wide RTI Accountability System Produces Immediate Results in Camden, N.J. and Oxford, Pa.

November 12, 2009—After just 60 days of program implementation, participating schools are already seeing measurable gains in student achievement as Tier 2/3 action plans have moved struggling readers to reading proficiency.

Come See It in Action!

• Use National Standards for Reading as an everyday formative assessment framework for classroom teachers, parents, and students.
• Provide transparency and daily reporting on every child, classroom, and school, using KidPace®, a Web-based student progress tracker.
• Provide specific reading Action Plans for students at every reading level.
• Post Action Plan cards on a School Data Wall for every student reading below level and meet weekly to discuss individual progress.
• Use customized, embedded, in-classroom professional development to meet the individual learning needs of teachers and administrators.
• Provide 100 Book Challenge as the structured, organized independent reading system for home and school.

Save the Date(s)

• December 3, 2009 in Oxford Area School District (Oxford, Pa.)—AM Session
• December 15, 2009 in Camden City Public Schools (Camden, N.J.)—AM and PM Sessions

Background

In September 2009, Camden City Public Schools (Camden, N.J.) and Oxford Area School District (Oxford, Pa.) embarked on historic and unprecedented district-wide reading initiatives using ARRA funds. They launched “Action 100”, American Reading Company’s most comprehensive intervention program, which includes a 12-step professional development initiative to ensure the success of all schools and student sub-groups. Action 100 is an extension of the highly successful 100 Book Challenge program which is currently used by more than a million students in over 2,100 schools, across 420 districts in 41 states.

Please Rsvp!

Space is limited so please register here.

You may also reply to this message or call Scott Stacy at toll-free at 1-866-810-BOOK (2665) by November 24th. Upon confirmation you will be provided with location information.

To learn more about Action 100 and American Reading Company, please follow this link.

We look forward to seeing you in December.