2. 2
Focus on three things
Early Literacy
Middle Years Math
College and Career Readiness
The first one guarantees success in the second two.
3. Just 1 in 3 Fort Worth ISD third-graders
reads on grade level, setting his or her
path for college and career readiness
Third-grade reading proficiency is a predictor of future success
Children who do not read on grade level by third grade are 4X
more likely to drop out of school.
4. 3rd Grade Reading Parallels Long Run Education Outcomes
34%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
32%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Fort Worth ISD 3rd Grade Reading,
2017 STAAR Exam
% of Fort Worth Adults with a
Postsecondary Degree
Source: Texas Education Agency, 2017 STAAR Exam; U.S. Census American Community Survey, 2016.
5. 5
Read Fort Worth
Privately-funded collective impact organization formed to
align cross-sector efforts in support of the Fort Worth ISD
goal that 100 percent of third-graders will read on grade
level by 2025.
6. 6
Read Fort Worth
• Founded in 2016 by Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price,
Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Kent P. Scribner,
private philanthropists, business and community
leaders to accelerate improvement in early childhood
literacy.
• Led by a 12-member Executive Council chaired by
Matt Rose, BNSF Railway executive chairman.
• Focused on third-grade reading achievement as the
gateway to future academic success and a well-
prepared workforce.
7. Third-Grade Reading Gains, 2015-17
28% 30%
34%
42%
51%
59%
68%
76%
84%
93%
100%
28% 30%
34%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
%of3rdGradersReadingatCollege-ReadyPace
Fort Worth ISD: Growth Toward 100x25
Source: Texas Education Agency, Fort Worth ISD.
Note: Reading on grade level means that a third-grader scored at the “final recommended” level on the Texas STAAR exam. In May 2017, a student who answered 76 percent or more questions correctly assessed
as reading on grade level. The 2017 percentage reflects the number of Fort Worth ISD test-takers who were enrolled as of October 2017 and may vary slightly from the percentage of total test-takers scoring at
the final recommended level.
8. Source: TEA 2016-17 STAAR Data
Note: Bright Spot Schools are those with 85% or more students economically-disadvantaged and 3rd grade reading scores at least 40% or higher
Read Fort Worth
3rd Grade Reading, 2016-17
40% or more
30 – 39%
20 – 29%
Less than 20%
2017 Bright Spot Schools
Campus
% Eco-
Dis %3R
1 Yr.
Grth.
Avg.
Grth.
2013-17
Washington Hts 94% 44% +25% -1%
Manuel Jara ES 94% 44% +11% +4%
Hubbard Hts ES 93% 42% +15% +7%
M. H. Moore 93% 40% +4% +3%
C. Chavez ES 93% 41% +18% +5%
Eastern Hills ES 85% 44% +27% +8%
Worth Heights 91% 40% +4% +2%
Alice Contreras 87% 42% +8% +4%
Worth Heights
Hubbard Heights
Cesar Chavez
Eastern Hills
Washington Hts.
Manuel Jara
Bright Spots 2017:
Where Are Our Third-Graders Outperforming Peers?
Fort Worth ISD 3rd Grade Reading Achievement, 2017
M.H. Moore
Alice Contreras
11. 11
Fort Worth Must Build a System of Support for Children 0-9
to Reach the 100x25 Goal
2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25
Infant 1 y.o. 2 y.o. 3 y.o. 4 y.o. 5 y.o. 6 y.o. 7 y.o. 8 y.o.
Spacesof
Care
Hospitals,
Childcare,
Home
Childcare,
Home
Childcare,
Home
Pre-K,
Childcare,
Home
Pre-K,
Childcare,
Home
Kindergarten,
Home
1st Grade,
Home
2nd Grade,
Home
3rd Grade,
Home
Four Critical Levers to Drive Change Must Be Embedded Throughout the Work:
Family Engagement * Kindergarten Readiness
Teacher Retention/Quality * Attendance/Mobility age)
12. 12
Read Fort Worth Serves As Backbone to Collaborative Action Networks,
Driving Action toward the 100x25 Goal
Vision
All children are successful in school and
life
Mission
To align partners, strategies and resources
to significantly improve early childhood
literacy so that 100 percent of Fort Worth
third-graders are reading on grade level
by 2025.
Outcomes
All children are
ready for
kindergarten
All children are
proficient readers
by third grade
Key Indicators
% of children
assessed by FWISD
as ready for school
at kindergarten
% of 3rd graders
scoring at final
recommended level
on STAAR Reading
exam
School
Readiness
CAN
Child
Well-
Being
CAN
Expanded
Learning
CAN
Reading
Resources
CAN
Fort Worth ISD
Read Fort Worth
100x25 goal
13. Action Networks Are Implementing Action Steps
Select StrategiesCurrent Focus
School Readiness CAN
Led by Early Learning Alliance
• Elevating
Professional
Quality
• Elevating Program
Quality
• Engaging Families
• Sharing Data and
Research
• Racial Equity for
Child Well-Being
• Share results of pilot
assessment project
to improve program
quality
• Support centers as
they gain quality
• Enhance registry of
professional child
care workers
• Exploration of
community
partnerships to serve
more 3-year-olds
14. Next StepsCurrent Activities
Child Well-Being CAN/ACEs Task Force
Led by Cook Children’s Health Care System, JPS Health Network
• Convene Stop Six
service providers
for Feb. 7 summit
on preventing &
reducing adverse
childhood
experiences
• Identify critical
partners who must
be at the table
• Engage families in
March/April strategy
planning sessions
• Conduct needs
assessment and gap
analysis among
available community
resources
• Launch ACEs
Community
Collaboration in May
2018
• Form Health
Services Task Force
to address physical
health issues, school
attendance and
resiliency
Action Networks Are Implementing Action Steps
15. Next StepsCurrent Activities
Summer Learning/Expanded Learning CAN
Led by City of Fort Worth, United Way of Tarrant County
• Establishing best
practices for
summer literacy
programs
• Align with FWISD
on common
measurement tool
to assess whether
children maintain
or gain literacy
skills
• Recruit cohort of
summer 2018
program providers
to implement best
practices, measure
results
• Engage families in
targeted areas, build
desire to participate in
summer programs
• Support high-quality
instruction for summer
program staff
• Help recruit children
most likely to benefit
• Launch cohort in June
2018
• Expand focus by fall
2018 include after-
school programs.
Action Networks Are Implementing Action Steps
16. Classroom Libraries Volunteer Reading
Reading Resources CAN
Classroom Library Campaign, Volunteer Reading Mentors, Campus Supports
• Establishing Volunteer
Reading Mentor learning
lab with FWISD at
George C. Clarke
Elementary
• Convening volunteer
reading groups to
improve 2018-19
coordination, activities
• Recruiting, training
volunteers & campus
captains by August 2018
• Deploy volunteer teams
across high-needs
campuses by September
2018
• Based on 2017
classroom assets
inventory.
• Co-created protocols
for book purchases,
classroom usage with
FWISD
• Convening task force
to scale up promotion
and fundraising efforts
• Growing Classroom
Libraries Fund to
$250k to purchase 100
high-interest,
culturally relevant
titles for high-needs
campuses
Action Networks Are Implementing Action Steps
17. 17
Read Fort Worth: Data Dashboard
How will we track progress?
• www.ReadFortWorth.org/dashboard
• Texas STAAR Third-Grade Reading
results, 2012-2017
• View snapshots of the district,
pyramids or elementary campuses
• Public, Fort Worth-based charter
schools included
• Compare data over time
• Disaggregate data by ethnicity,
economic status, language proficiency
and gender
• Future iteration to include Pre-K
enrollment, Kindergarten readiness
18. 18
• Achieve 3000 online platform supports instruction,
builds vocabulary, help students set literacy goals
• Intensive professional development, focus on early
grades literacy
• Leadership Academies, established Fall 2017
• Extended school day at Como, Maude Logan,
Mitchell Boulevard, John T. White elementary
schools + Forest Oak Middle
• Stipends for highly effective teachers, principals,
support staff
• After-school programming, dinner, community
supports
• Joyful, college-going culture
• FWISD named 1 of 4 U.S. districts in George W. Bush
Institute’s School Leadership District Cohort to
develop, support quality principals
Fort Worth Literacy Partnership
High-Level FWISD Initiatives to Reach 100x25
19. 19
Source: FWISD volunteer data, TEA 2016-17 STAAR data
Note: Bright Spot Schools are those with 85% or more students economically-disadvantaged and 3rd grade reading scores at least 40% or higher
Read Fort Worth
3rd Graders Not On Level per Volunteer,
2017
5:1 or less
5-10:1
10-15:1
15+:1
Schools Most Needing Volunteer
Readers
Campus
#
Volunteers
# 3rd
graders Not
Reading on
Level
W.M. Green ES 1 54
Sam Rosen ES 0 53
S.S. Dillow ES 1 51
Greenbriar ES 1 48
Sagamore Hill ES 1 46
W.J. Turner ES 0 42
Diamond Hill ES 1 42
H.V. Helbing ES 1 41
Cesar Chavez ES 1 35
Harlean Beal ES 0 33
Atwood McDonald ES 1 46
Rosemont Park ES 2 49
W.M. Green
Greenbriar
Sagamore HillSam Rosen
Where Are Reading Volunteers Most Needed?
Fort Worth ISD: 3rd Grade Reading Need vs. Volunteer Reader Availability , 2017
S.S. Dillow
20. 20
Read Fort Worth
Spotlight: Rotary Club of Fort Worth High-Impact Project
Maudrie M. Walton Elementary School
• One-on-one volunteer
reading mentors
• Support for 13-week Parent
University (child care,
dinner, peer mentors)
• Support for the physical
campus
21. 21
How Can I Help?
Connect with us at
www.ReadFortWorth.org
Sign up for our monthly
e-newsletter at
contactus@ReadFortWorth.org
• Follow the work via Facebook,
Twitter @ReadFortWorth
• Support Action Networks
• Support providers of quality
literacy programs for children
and families
22. Thank you
Dr. Kent P. Scribner
Superintendent, Fort Worth ISD
www.fwisd.org
Kristin Sullivan
Executive Director, Read Fort Worth
www.ReadFortWorth.org
Hinweis der Redaktion
KPS
KNS
Third grade is a critical juncture in a child’s life. Third-graders who read well are most likely to succeed in school and in life. But those who don’t are four times more likely to drop out; 75 percent will never catch up.
[ Notes ]
3rd graders “reading on grade level” answered 76 percent of the 34 questions correctly on the May 2017 Texas STAAR reading test. ”Reading on Grade Level” = “Meets Standards” in 2017 vs. “Approaches Standards” and “Masters Standards” (Needed to answer 26 of 34 questions correctly to be deemed ”reading on grade level.”
The “Final Recommended” level; about 76 percent correct = reading on grade level in 2017.
Students passed the test by answering 21/40 questions correctly.
KPS
60x30 – We cannot get to 60 percent of Fort Worth adults having a postsecondary degree until we lift up our children during their foundational years.
KNS
In Fort Worth, we know that we have to do this together, and that is the vision for Read Fort Worth – that we are working collectively across organizations to make sure that 100 percent of our children are proficient readers by third grade.
Some communities are aiming for 60 percent or 65 percent of children to read on grade level. But our superintendent has asked us to aim higher because we know that with the right resources and the right family and community supports, every child can succeed.
KPS
KNS
We want you to know that third-grade reading achievement is moving in the right direction. We are seeing positive change.
Now is the time to dig in, work together and accelerate the trajectory.
If we do what we have always done, we might reach the state average of 44 percent of third-graders reading on grade level.
But we are Fort Worth, and we know that together, we can do more.
KNS
And that’s because some of our neighborhoods are figuring this out. We call these “Bright Spots” schools. These are campuses with high levels of poverty where kids are succeeding against the odds and outperforming their peers – often by a lot.
These schools have much in common – strong campus leaders, highly effective teachers, engaged families and organized community support. Our challenge is to understand what they are doing right and bring those practices to scale.
KPS
Below are ideas centered on a community push to reach the parents and caretakers of babies and pre-school aged children.
We must look at the 0-3 years old gap. New Moms initiative.
KPS
KNS
What’s missing from this picture? How do our faith communities, our neighborhood associations and our employee groups fit into this work?
KNS
Built a structure for our work and four Collaborative Action Networks to identify areas for improvement, plan effective strategies for positive change and implement action.
In the past few months, we have experienced joy in this work as we see partners across our city collaborating and co-creating solutions to some of the greatest challenges children face during their earliest years.
KNS
Current Focus
Elevating Professional Quality
Elevating Program Quality
Engaging Families
Sharing Data and Research
Racial Equity for Child Well-Being
Next Steps
Share results of pilot assessment project to improve program quality
Support centers as they gain quality
Enhance registry of professional child care workers
Exploration of community partnerships to serve more 3-year-olds
KNS
This team is led by Cook Children’s and the JPS Health Network and is focusing first on developing a pilot project to build and implement strategies to reduce child abuse, neglect and other Adverse Childhood Experiences that can create unimaginable obstacles to a child’s ability to learn to read.
KNS
This team has identified Best Practices for summer learning programs that serve children ages 4-9.
Research shows that children lose up to two months of reading skills from the time school lets out for summer until classes start again in the fall.
Summer slide can be devastating for low-income children, who often fall two-and-a-half to three years behind their peers by fifth grade without access to quality enrichment programs.
By fall, this team will work with providers and the existing Fort Worth SPARC network toward ensuring that all children have access to high-quality after-school programs and to address what those programs can do to contribute to the 100x25 goal.
KNS
This team has two current focus areas:
The Classroom Library Campaign is rooted in an assets inventory conducted last year with Leadership ISD members. It showed that schools with low third-grade reading achievement and high teacher turnover often did not have a robust classroom library to support independent reading time during small group instruction. We have tiered schools most in need of support and raised about $51,000 so far toward our first goal of $250,000 to place high-interest, culturally relevant titles in these schools. You can help for as little as $15 per book up to $25,000 per campus.
Principals tell us that children benefit from a one-on-one adult reading mentor who reinforces skills learned in the classroom. And here’s where you can give your time – As so many of our Rotarians already are.
KPS
KPS
The Fort Worth ISD has implemented several initiatives since Fall 2016 to drive 100x25 success, including:
The online Achieve 3000 system to measure literacy levels and student progress;
Enhanced professional development for teachers who teach early grades literacy.
Leadership Academies that launch in Fall 2017 at Como, Maude Logan, Mitchell Boulevard, John T. White elementary schools + Forest Oak Middle
George W. Bush Institute’s School Leadership District Cohort (Dec. ‘17)
A professional learning community consisting of four selected school districts across the U.S. that will work hand-in-hand with the Bush Institute’s Education Reform team to implement their Principal Talent Management Framework. The Principal Talent Management Framework is an evidence-based pathway for districts to attract, develop, and retain high-quality principals. The Framework represents a distillation of the best research available on principal talent management strategies.
Over the course of a three-year period, the Bush Institute will work with participating districts to identify their individual needs related to each Framework component and build district-level capacity accordingly. The Bush Institute will also provide expert coaching, access to tools and resources, and other support to the district professional learning community.
KPS
He says the first part: We need volunteers all over, not just in your geographic neighborhood.
KNS
Here’s some good news: We have about 1,000 volunteer reading mentors working once a week, one-on-one with a child in FWISD schools this year.
But we have an estimate 12,000 children in kindergarten, first and second grades who could benefit from a volunteer reading mentor. That’s our goal! And there are enough of us in Fort Worth who care to do this.
KNS
Rotary Club High-Impact Project
One-on-one volunteer reading mentors
Support for 13-week Parent University (child care, dinner, peer mentors)
Support for the physical campus
Maudrie M. Walton Elementary School
About 450 students in grades PreK - 5
87% of students are economically-disadvantaged
16% of 3rd graders reading on grade level as of the 2017 STAAR Reading exam
75% of eligible students enrolled in Pre-K in Fall 2017
49% of students enter Kindergarten ready to learn, on average
32% of students moved and changed schools during the 2016-17 school year