More than 70 teachers, program administrator, professional developers, state administrators and staff celebrated the successful conclusion of OVAE's Student Achievement within Reading (STAR) pilot during a two-day symposium this month in Washington, D.C. As a result of STAR's success, evidence-based reading recuperate has be introduced into more than 140 adult nurture classrooms in nearly three-dozen programs within six participating states. STAR states include CA, CT, IL, ME, OH and SD.
STAR is a tool for adult training teachers to use for on an upward curve reading instruction for adults who are reading at a 4th to 9th grade horizontal. Teachers learn to conduct diagnostic assessments contained by the four components of reading (alphabetics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension) and use assessment results to develop appropriate reading instruction. OVAE worked with national, state, and local partner in developing the STAR instruments and pilot initiative.
The symposium on STAR's results feature remarks by key department official as well as noted researchers, including Mary Beth Curtis of Lesley University, John Strucker of Harvard University, and Judy Alamprese of Abt Associates. Participants told symposium evaluators that they found their complicated work was acknowledged, appreciated the network time, and felt honored to be bit of the symposium. Teachers particularly found STAR association valuable because it give them an opportunity to share ideas and win feedback from colleagues at the symposium.
While it is too soon to be able to share final results from STAR's independent evaluation, the metamorphosis in fully developed education teacher' knowledge and attitudes just about teaching reading to adults already is adjectives. "STAR has changed my tutoring and therefore really help my students," said one participant, while another reported "I just longing I knew adjectives of this at the beginning of my job as an adult governess ... "
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