Belfair, Washington
1999 Evidence

Author:
Bob Crain
Hawkins Middle School

Date evaluation report completed:
June 1999

Months/years covered by evaluation:
9.5 weeks during the 1998-1999 school year.

Number of schools involved:
1 middle school
24 students

Demographics of sample population:
Belfair, WA is a rural district. Hawkins Middle School is in a fairly low economic community. The school enrolls 6th, 7th and 8th grades and has a population of approximately 4,000. Approximately 90% of the student population is Caucasian.

Purpose of study:
Measure progress over time of Soar To Success middle school students.

Methodology:
Soar to Success instruction was provided by the Title I Reading Specialist. It was scheduled as a regular class in Middle School, so it was a modified version of a pullout program. Students received additional daily reading instruction in another class.

Measures/indicators used to assess effectiveness:
Gates-MacGinitie Reading Assessment was used.

Findings: Pretesting was done in October of 1998 and posttesting was done in January of 1999. The Composite score combines Vocabulary and Comprehension. Three out of the four classes improved a full grade level; the fourth class improved .5 grade level during the course of instruction.