Jefferson County Schools
1221 Gay Street, P.O. Box 190
Dandridge, TN  37725

Challenging Individuals to Achieve Excellence

Literacy Education for Adolescent Development

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Rush Strong School
Progress Report

Report of Progress (14 weeks into the program)

  • There was a 8% increase in Proficiency Growth Level among Rush Strong School students as reported by Read 180.
  • Students had an overall 72 SRI (Lexile) score improvement.  The Lexile Framework for Reading measurement matches reader ability and text difficulty on the same scale, called the Lexile scale.  Each grade level increased the SRI Lexile score as follows:
    • Grade 6 - 55 points
    • Grade 7 - 45 points
    • Grade 8 - 118 points
  • ThinkLink comparison of the fall (P Test) and winter (A Test) tests results indicate:
    • Grade 6 - Increase percentage of students performing advanced in the areas of meaning, techniques and skills, vocabulary, and writing organization.  The areas of content, meaning, techniques and skill, writing organization, and writing process had an increase in percentage of students performing proficient.
    • Grade 7 - Increase percentage of students performing advanced in the areas of meaning, techniques and skills, writing organization and writing process. The areas of content, vocabulary, and writing process had an increase in percentage of students performing proficient.
    • Grade 8 - Increase percentage of students performing advanced in the areas of content, meaning, vocabulary, and writing organization. The area of content had an increase in percentage of students performing proficient.

 

Participating School Reports:

 Jefferson County High School | Jefferson Middle School | Maury Middle School | Rush Strong School | White Pine School