1. The Schoolwide Applications Model (SAM) An RtI-Driven Approach to School Reform Wayne Sailor University of Kansas for the LSUHSC Advocacy Institute New Orleans, Louisiana May 2, 2007

2. RESPONSE TO INTERVENTION A Logic Model of Support

4. 200020012002200320042005 Above proficiency in math29.4%66%47.8%66.7%90%100% Above proficiency in reading41.6%53.7%64.7%67.4%87.5% Unsatisfactory in math32.4%14.9%20.5%9.5%0% Unsatisfactory in reading27.1%22%12.5%8.7%3.1%2.4

5. SAM Schoolwide Applications Model Six Guiding Principles Fifteen Critical Features

6. Six Guiding Principles of SAM All instruction is guided by General Education All school resources are configured to benefit all students School Proactively addresses social development and citizenship School is data-based learning organization School has open boundaries in relation to its families and its community School enjoys district support for undertaking the extensive systems-change activities required to implement SAM

7. Schoolwide Applications Model Analysis SAMAN

8. Does SAM Work? Evaluating the SAM Model

9. Ravenswood School District Demographics Data and Outcomes

10. Ravenswood School District School A Demographics Enrollment in 5 th -8 th Grades= 346

11. School Progress on Critical Features

12. Progress By Cohort

13. School A N=5 N=4N=2N=1N=2N=3

14. Repeated Measure ANOVA- Significant main effect on year of measurement F(1.75, 298.60) = 12.85, p <.01, ηp 2 =.07 Significant on Tuckey’s HSD Test

15. Repeated Measure ANOVA- Significant main effect on year of measurement F(1.908, 324.30) = 15.66, p <.01, η p2 =.08 Significant on Tuckey’s HSD Test

16. Repeated Measure ANOVA- Significant main effect on year of measurement F(1.77, 297.56) = 5.14, p =.09, η p2 =.03 Significant on Tuckey’s HSD Test

17. School A N=86N=72N=89N=87

19. USD 500 KANSAS CITY, KANSAS SCHOOL DISTRICT DOUGLASS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

26. Paired Sample T-test Result  Comparing the state reading assessment results between 2005-2006 and 2006- 2007 school year  Analysis included 53 students (25 4 th graders and 28 5 th graders) who consecutively attended at the school Results  There is a significant difference between the 2005-2006 reading test (M = 61.79, SD = 18.7) and 2006-2007 reading test (M = 70.11, SD = 14.22)  t (53) = -4.38, p <.01  The mean percent score of state reading test in 2006-2007 school year improved about 8.32 from 2005-2006 school year

27. Wayne Sailor University of Kansas 785-864-4950 wsailor@ku.edu Thank You For Your Time