Results show that students made meaningful progress in Core5 during summer school initiatives. Twenty-one percent ended the summer working on skills in or above their grade level. The percent of students working two or more grade levels below their grade was reduced from almost two-thirds (63%) to only a third (33%).
At-risk students made substantial progress in Core5 during the final few months of the school year. One-third ended the year working on skills in or above their grade level. The percent of students working two or more grade levels below their grade was reduced from over half (54%) to only a quarter (28%).
Validity of Core5 performance measures was examined using multiple outside assessments. Core5 performance was found to be a valid indicator of reading ability based on comparison with commonly used progress monitoring and outcome measurement tools.
