Briana Elliot

Rosa Parks Elementary School

Reading Intervention
Book Give-Away(s)
OUTCOMES BASED EVALUATION
1. The identified motivational need(s) of all the student participants
of the current Reading Intervention/Reading Club include an
earned free book of their choice, ($5 and under from Scholastic
Books), preferably earned every month for every participating
student.
If funding allows, Reading Intervention would ideally also plan an
end-of-the-year Book Party, in which all participants could
socialize with one another and many free book choices are made
available for student ownership. Studies show that students who
are provided a reading culture in a social environment may
increase positive associations with the act of reading and book
discussion, as well as increase student motivation to read books
that they are allowed to choose on an interest-based level.
2. Realistically, the outcomes of giving every participant the option
of earning a free monthly book, (for their at-home personal
libraries), will have an impact on the students motivation for a
continued attendance in the Reading Intervention Program.
Other outcomes may also include:
Increased engaged participation during Reading Intervention
classes. Measured (via student surveys) of excitement and/or
positive emotions/associations surrounding going to Reading
Intervention.
Measurable levels of student empowerment and/or positive
personal feelings of earning their own books each month, in
exchange of committing their student time and energy to
Reading Intervention and its goals of helping students reading
below grade level.
3. Measurable indicators include:
Careful tracking of attendance for Reading Intervention, by each
individual student, (which may include a comparison of a beforeand after- free monthly book choice attendance records).
Other measurable indicators will include a student survey that
inquires about each participants feelings of Reading Intervention
in general, and the free monthly book give-away, specifically.

Such surveys can also strive to measure student motivation for

coming to Reading Intervention, in relationship to the free books
the grant would be providing, as well as gather student opinions
on the program, and their own progress in reading, in general.
Quantifiably, students at full-attendance of Reading Intervention,
(4 days per week), should show an increase of 10-20%, on
average.
80-90% of participating Reading Intervention students should
maintain an attendance rate of 3-4 days per week, after free
book motivation is established.
90-100% attendance and participation in the End-of-the-year
Free Book Party, where every student gets the choice of several
free books to take home to add to their personal libraries.
100% of Free Book Party attendees complete a survey about the
party, reading culture and socialization around the act of reading,
as well as how it feels to own books of their choice.
4. Collect attendance data and student participant surveys (once
every two months (?), as well as at the end of the End of the year
Free Book Party), to see whether or not the free books and the
choice to choose their titles are having any positive impact on
student attendance, motivation, and reading empowerment.
100% of all Reading Intervention participants will routinely fill out
the brief survey.
A survey for all participating Reading Intervention instructors will
also be a helpful indication to mark any noticeable changes in
student attendance and, most importantly, student motivation to
come to the program and student motivation and/or general
attitude towards reading.
100% of all Reading Intervention instructors will routinely take
notes on student impacts, as well as fill out brief surveys
marking student reading motivation.
A realistic target outcome will be a measurable emotional,
positive response(s) and/or association of the students
themselves, in perhaps feeling as though their attendance in
Reading Intervention is making a difference in their academic
(and emotional) lives (collected through surveys). Surveys should
also be specifically designed to measure student motivations

(including an open-ended section where students are allowed to

describe in their own words what personally motivates their
attendance and their commitment to reading), and whether or
not the free book program is impacting how the students feel
about reading and attending Reading Intervention in general
5. Analysis of routine surveys and End-of-the-year will be integrated
into the bi-monthly meetings held between the Reading
Intervention Program instructors (6) and its director, Kathleen
Gadway. Analyses may include graphing the attendance data to
see incline/decline of attendance, as well as individual student
consistency. Discussions of changes, both positive and negative,
in student motivations and incentives, and observations of
students self esteem and feelings about book-ownership, in
relationship to the students routinely getting both the choice of
title as well as gift of book-ownership, will all be an integral part
of the analysis process as well. Designing and/or altering surveys
used, based on data received, will also be a consideration.