MetaMetrics Webinar, "Combat Summer Learning Loss: Enhance Summer Learning Opportunities With Resources for Reading and Math from MetaMetrics"

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© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Combat Summer Learning Loss: Enhance Summer Learning Opportunities With Resources for Reading and Math from MetaMetrics

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Logistics • If you experience any technical difficulties, please refer to your confirmation email or call 919-886- 0019. • Submit your questions to the Q&A Moderator, which can be selected from the drop-down menu in the Q&A panel. • When submitting your question, please include your name and organization. 2

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Presenters June Atkinson, Ph.D., State Superintendent of North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Malbert Smith III, Ph.D., President and Co-founder of MetaMetrics Moderator Chris Minnich, Executive Director of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) 3

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Agenda • Rekindling our Fire and Renewing our Challenge – Partnership and Collaboration – History and Context – Participation – Results • Research and Resources to Spur and Sustain Action – Research to Support Summer Reading – Resources and Tools for Reading – Research to Support Summer Math – Resources and Tools for Math • Give Five—Read Five North Carolina’s Summer Initiative • Questions & Discussion 5

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Partnership and Collaboration 7 Since 2011, the Council of Chief State School Officers and MetaMetrics have worked together to coordinate a national, state-led initiative to address our students’ learning loss that occurs during the summer months.

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. History and Context 8 At the CCSSO Policy Forum in November 2011, Gene Wilhoit, former CCSSO Executive Director, and June Atkinson, North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction, brought to you a “Call to Action” to put research into practice through the CCSSO Chief’s Summer Learning Challenge.

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. 9 History and Context—Reading For reading, the Chief’s Summer Learning Challenge is a national, state-led summer initiative to bolster students reading achievement during summer break. It’s free, it’s research-based and nearly half of you are engaged in enhancing your summer reading efforts through the use of the Lexile-based “Find a Book” tool, this summer.

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. 10 History and Context—Mathematics In 2013, we added mathematics to the Summer Learning Challenge by encouraging a research-based math skills maintenance program based on grade- level standards that helps prepare students for college and careers. In this initiative, parents receive daily emails with engaging activities and links to educational resources.

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. State Participation in Reading 11 Summer 2011 Summer 2012 Summer 2013 Summer 2014 Number of States Participating 6 13 24 22 States Participating in Summer 2014 Alabama Arizona California Connecticut Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Minnesota Missouri Nevada New Mexico North Carolina South Dakota Utah Virginia Washington West Virginia Wyoming

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. State Participation in Mathematics 12 Summer 2013 Summer 2014 Number of States Participating 14 12 States Participating in Summer 2014 Alabama California Connecticut Illinois Iowa Kentucky Minnesota Nevada North Carolina Virginia West Virginia Wyoming However, students and their parents from all 50 states have found their way to the program, even when the state itself did not formally participate.

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Results! 13 In Summers 2013 & 2014… • Dozens of news stories (articles, press releases, etc.) published nationwide raising awareness of summer loss and, more importantly, what to do about it! • Governors and First Ladies joined you in promoting your efforts through PSAs and media events to highlight the importance of this issue and encourage statewide participation by all summer caregivers. • For reading and mathematics:  Over 2.5 million students, parents and educators visited “Find a Book” and/or participated in the Summer Math Challenge

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Our goal for summer 2015 is for every state to enhance their summer learning opportunities with the Lexile- based “Find a Book” and email-based Summer Math Challenge. Renewing Our Commitment 14

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Mitigate Summer Reading Loss Fairchild, R. McLaughlin, B. & Brady, J. (2006). Making the Most of Summer: A Handbook on Effective Summer Programming and Thematic Learning. Baltimore, MD: Center for Summer Learning. 16

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. • Custom “Find a Book” webpage • Flyers (Parent, Educator, Librarian) • Web Banners, Bookmarks, Certificate of Participation • Outreach (PR, Letters, TV) • Summer Reading Pledge • Summer Reading Portfolio 2014 State Samples: www.lexile.com/chiefs-challenge/state-samples-2014 20 Reading Resources from MetaMetrics

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Why Summer Math? • Summer math loss is more pronounced than reading loss. • Students lose math ability regardless of household income level. • Parents are more likely to read with their children than practice math skills. • Math practice is less intuitive and more technical than reading practice. • On average, all students, regardless of socio-economic status, lose approximately 2.6 months of grade level equivalency in mathematical computation over the summer months each year. Cooper, H., Nye, B., Charlton, K., Lindsay, J., & Greathouse, S. (1996). The effects of summer vacation on achievement test scores: A narrative and meta-analytic review. Review of Educational Research, 66(3), 227-268. 22

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Summer Math Challenge • Math skills maintenance program • Designed for rising 3rd through 6th graders • Based on critical focus areas from college and career ready standards • Six weeks in length (June 22 through July31) • Daily emails (Monday through Friday) Wednesdays focus on real-world applications Fridays offer games to enhance fluency 24

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. • Email-based math skills maintenance program • Downloadable flyers (Color and Black and White) • Web Banners, Certificate of Participation • Outreach (PR, Letters, TV) • Summer Math Portfolio 29 Mathematics Resources from MetaMetrics

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. • In 2013, NC DPI launched “Give Five— Read Five” campaign to fight summer learning loss. • Initiative asks parents, business leaders and members of our communities to donate five new or gently-used books. • Research from MetaMetrics and Harvard University professor Dr. James Kim has shown that reading five books over the summer helps to prevent summer loss. Give Five—Read Five 31

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Give Five—Read Five, Summer 2013 32 • Letters to parents, businesses and community leaders. • MetaMetrics provides support for PSAs, press releases and flyers that promote and enhance, as well as participated in publicized launch event. • 74 elementary schools collected 123,152 books to send home with students when the 2012-2013 school year ended.

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Give Five—Read Five, Summer 2014 33 • 2014 media event launched the “Give Five—Read Five” campaign with a great start. • NC DPI enhanced their efforts with video PSA, multiple press releases, letters to businesses and school level outreach.

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Give Five—Read Five, Summer Stats 38 • 150 schools and 53 school districts participated. • Participants collected a grand total of 277,334 books to send home with students for the summer. • 2014 more than doubled the amount of books collected summer 2013 by 74 participating schools. • Goal for 2015 campaign is to bring in enough books to double the 2014 total.

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. • Highest number of participants in both 2013 and 2014 • 21% increase in participation between 2013 and 2014 • Top 5 cities - Durham, Raleigh, Charlotte, Cary, Winston-Salem 39 The Summer Math Challenge in North Carolina

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Now is the time to begin planning the continuation of this important work. Summer 2015 is right around the corner! Let’s get 100% participation in 2015! Renewing Our Challenge 40

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. Next Steps! • You will be receiving PPT with resources from webinar • Begin by contacting: Julie Worden Project Manager, MetaMetrics State Team [email protected] 919-354-3467 41

© 2015 MetaMetrics, Inc. All rights reserved. For more information about Lexile and Quantile measures, visit www.Lexile.com and www.Quantiles.com. For more information about MetaMetrics, visit www.MetaMetricsInc.com. MetaMetrics 1000 Park Forty Plaza Drive, Suite 120 Durham, North Carolina 27713 Phone: 919.547.3400 Toll Free: 1.888.LEXILES (539.4537) Email: [email protected] 43

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