Week 3 of action research

At Sweeny ISD we are undertaking a new focus on reading. My supervisor shared with me some data on our 10th grade ELA TAKS score from '09 - '10. Looking at the reading levels of the last year sophomore class showed any student with a lexile reading score below 1000 did not pass the ELA TAKS. Conversely those students who had a lexile reading score 1500 acheived commended performance. This data was eye opening and reinforced what we know about the importance of reading and how it relates to academic success. However, if we consider the students with a lexile reading score of 1500 to be college ready then we have work to do. There were only 20% of the students with commended performance. It will be interesting as we go through this year to keep track of the progress of the students and how the new reading programs will affect the students achievement.