WCS Notes Summer IREAD-3 Pass Rates
During Warsaw Community School Corporation’s monthly board work session, the school board was presented with the previously embargoed school pass rates for the IREAD-3. The information was presented by WCS Chief Academic Officer David Robertson, who presented in the stead of WCS Chief Accountability Officer Dani Barkey.
According to Robertson, the concluding information regarding IREAD-3 test results had been embargoed by the state until recently. The test, which is a literacy test given to third grade students within the district, measures foundational reading standards for students. The data presented by Robertson included students who entered into summer remediation and retesting after not passing the first IREAD test.
According to Robertson, of the eight WCS elementary schools, four schools received a final pass rate of 100 percent. Claypool, which had an initial pass rate of 90 percent reported a 100 percent final pass rate; Harrison reported a first time pass rate of 91 percent with a 100 percent final pass rate; Madison, which reported 84 percent passing after the first test reported a final pass rate of 100 percent; and Washington, which first reported a 97 percent pass rate, reported a final pass rate of 100 percent as well.
Eisenhower reported close to a 100 percent pass rate with 98 percent of students passing initially and 99 percent passing after exemptions and summer remediation. Lincoln Elementary reported a 89 percent pass rate initially with a 98 percent final pass rate.
Jefferson Elementary saw substantial improvements in pass rates with 73 percent of students reported as passing initially and 96 percent of students reported as passing after remediation and exemptions. Robertson, who was the former principal of the school, noted that Jefferson teachers are working hard to embed the IREAD skills into their reading block through implementing weekly reading comprehension checks, creating a language arts success time and by using indicator scores to divide students and work specifically to their needs.
Leesburg Elementary reported similar improvements in scores with 78 percent of students passing initially and 99 percent of students passing after exemptions and remediation in summer school.
The final pass rates took into account “good cause exemption” students. This exemption includes students who are not entirely fluent in english (level 4 or below English level), special education student with an I.E.P. or if they’ve been retained two times previously.
Warsaw Community School Corporation as a whole reported a pass rate of 89 percent after initial IREAD-3 testing. Of the 516 students tested, Robertson noted 459 passed the test the first time. Forty-three students had IEP Exceptions and were recommended to summer school. A total of 46 students completed summer school and the IREAD-3 retake with 37 passing — equaling a pass rate of 80 percent. After exemptions and remediation, the corporation saw a total of 97 percent of students pass the exam.