Percentage of Students Meeting or Exceeding NJ ELA Expectations: Comparison of Audubon Public School District to Its District Factor Group in 2017 and 2023
2017
2023
70%
60%
60%
50%
53%
53%
47%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
Audubon
District Factor Group
Audubon
District Factor Group
Burke attributed these positive results to the hard work of the strong teaching staff, the support the teachers have received from the district and school leadership team, and the Storyworks and Scope programs, with their system of engaging, high-quality texts, teacher tools, and instructional resources. Smeltzer and McGilloway observed the growth in the students from Grade 3 to Grade 6. Students often progress from being non-readers and writers or reluctant readers and writers in third grade to being able to hold deep conversations about what they’ve read and producing quality writing in sixth grade after their progression through Storyworks and Scope . Meehan tracks her students’ progress throughout the school year and finds that near the end of the year, they can cite text evidence for their answers to comprehension questions. “Their writing is more pinpointed, not off topic, and they’re elaborating on their answer.” They are better able to think through the topic of the text and how the question relates to the topic, and are “not so formulaic to copying the answer from the text.” She attributes this, in part, to the various instructional resources included in Scope and the reading and writing strategies they consistently support. Angelone stressed the positive attitudes toward reading and learning she’s seen in her students because of Storyworks . “The kids are so engaged and excited to read and learn about the topics and the themes.” She can “teach a standard like main idea or text structures, [and] the kids are excited to learn about it.”
SCHOLASTIC STORYWORKS AND SCOPE SUCCESS STORY: AUDUBON, NEW JERSEY, SCHOOL DISTRICT 8
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