IMPACT STUDY REPORT - DECEMBER 2023 - Fontana Unified School District - How A2i K-3 Students Outperformed Their Peers on the MAP Growth Reading Test During the 2021-2022 School Year

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Impact Study Report (December 2023) for Fontana Unified School District analyzes how A2i affected K–3 reading achievement during the 2021–2022 school year. Scholastic compared MAP Growth Reading data for 4,815 students using A2i versus 2,938 non-A2i students. Findings show A2i students made significantly larger reading gains, with kindergarten and third grade gains 114% and 115% higher. Results also link regular A2i use and professional learning supports to stronger improvement outcomes.

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Overview

District and program adoption

Study design and outcomes

Gains by grade level

Relationship between A2i usage and gains

Role of professional learning supports

IMPACT STUDY REPORT DECEMBER 2023 Fontana Unified School District How A2i K–3 Students Outperformed Their Peers on the MAP Growth Reading Test During the 2021–2022 School Year CONTACT For more information about this Impact Study Report, please contact Scholastic Research & Validation at [ScholasticRV@scholastic.com](ScholasticRV@scholastic.com) or visit [scholastic.com/research](scholastic.com/research). SUGGESTED CITATION Scholastic Research & Validation. (2023) . Fontana Unified School District Impact Study Report. New York: Scholastic. TM, ® & © 2023 Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. IMPACT STUDY REPORT DECEMBER 2023 Fontana Unified School District How A2i K–3 Students Outperformed Their Peers on the MAP Growth Reading Test During the 2021–2022 School Year A2I K–3 STUDENTS OUTPERFORM THEIR PEERS ON MAP GROWTH READING TEST Fontana Unified School District Demographics: White: 3.9% Black or African American: 5. 1% Hispanic or Latino: 86.8% Asian: 1.6% Two or More Races: 2.6% Students Qualified for Free/Reduced Lunch: 56.7% Multilingual Learners: 31.3% OVERVIEW Fontana Unified School District (FUSD) is a suburban school district in Southern California. The district serves approximately 35,400 students across 30 elementary schools, seven middle schools, and five high schools. In this district, 20 of 30 of the elementary schools use A2i. FUSD adopted A2i as a way to better differentiate reading instruction for students. The district’s educators hoped that gaining access to targeted time recommendations for code-focused and meaning-focused instruction would improve reading achievement gains for their students. To measure the effectiveness of A2i on student learning outcomes, Scholastic compared Measure of Academic Progress (MAP®) Growth Reading data from 4,815 K–3 students who used the program to 2,938 K–3 students who did not use the program during the 2021–2022 school year. Results showed that A2i students in FUSD made significantly more gains in reading ability than their counterparts in the district who did not use the program (see Figure 1) . This difference in reading gains was largest for kindergarten and third-grade students in FUSD, where gains for A2i students were 114% and 115% higher than those of their non-A2i counterparts, respectively. 2 FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPACT STUDY REPORT | Figure 1. Fall 2021 to Spring 2022 Gains on the MAP Growth Reading Test, by Grade Level | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Average Ga in on MAP Growth Reading Test
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Non-A2i Students A2i Students
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(n=669, n=1,176) | Grade 1
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(n=895, n=1,323) | Grade 3
(n=504, n=1,094) | Data also showed a strong relationship between A2i usage and reading gains on the MAP Growth Reading test from 2021 to 2022 (see Figure 2) . Across K, 1st, and 3rd grades, students in classrooms with teachers who used A2i regularly (teachers who logged in every 10 days on average) achieved significantly greater reading gains than their counterparts who did not use the program with fidelity (logged in less than every 10 days on average) . FONTANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IMPACT STUDY REPORT 3 | Figure 2. Fall 2021 to Spring 2022 Gains on the MAP Growth Reading Test, by Grade Level and A2i Usage | | | | | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Average Ga in on MAP Growth Reading Test
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A2i Usage: Irregular A2i Usage: Regular
| | | | | Grade K (n=36 teachers, n=24 teachers) | | Grade 1 (n=29 teachers, n=32 teachers) | Grade 2 (n=23 teachers, n=43 teachers) | Grade 3 (n=9 teachers, n=46 teachers) | The grades that demonstrated the most growth (kindergarten and third grade) were also the grade levels that received the most professional learning in the form of literacy huddles (virtual grade-level team

FAQs

How was A2i impact on reading achievement measured in the study?

Scholastic compared MAP Growth Reading data from 4,815 K–3 students who used A2i with 2,938 K–3 students who did not use the program during the 2021–2022 school year.

Which grades showed the largest reading gains for A2i students?

Kindergarten and third grade showed the most growth, with A2i gains 114% and 115% higher than non-A2i counterparts, respectively.

How did regular A2i usage relate to reading gains?

Students in classrooms where teachers used A2i regularly (logged in every 10 days on average) achieved significantly greater reading gains than students whose teachers logged in less frequently.

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