Annual Reports
Our past Annual Reports are in an easy-to-read format and are packed with stories about the success of our program.
SHARP students improve their literacy skills between 40-70%.
SHARP students in grades 1–5 build their vocabulary skills through the visual arts. As a means of evaluating the results, pre- and post- vocabulary assessments were conducted across all grade levels during the 2011–2012 school year. The vocabulary assessments were related to the following themes:
Grade 1: Science: The Life Cycle of Growing Things
Grade 2: Weather, Water, and the Environment
Grade 3: Our Community
Grade 4: Wisconsin
Grade 5: Building a Nation
Grade 1 students completed their pre- and post- vocabulary assessment for The Apple Pie Tree by Zoe Hall during the first semester and Jack and the Beanstalk by Nick and Claire Page during the second semester. Students in grades 2–5 completed their pre-vocabulary assessment during the first semester and their post-vocabulary assessment during the second semester.
The following table shows the data for students in grades 1–5 who completed the pre-and post-vocabulary assessment:
|
Grade |
Number of Words on the Vocabulary Assessment |
Number of Students who took the Pre- and Post- Assessment |
Percentage of students increasing their vocabulary by 3 or more words from the Pre- to the Post- Assessment |
|
1 (Semester I) |
15 |
343 |
60% |
|
1 (Semester II) |
20 |
412 |
68% |
|
2 |
16 |
713 |
64% |
|
3 |
30 |
781 |
77% |
|
4 |
20 |
661 |
88% |
|
5 |
15 |
611 |
70% |
Going forward, SHARP will continue to evaluate SHARP students across all grades. When funding becomes available, SHARP will undergo a formal three-year longitudinal evaluation.
Previous Evaluations
A formal study conducted by Applied Measurement and Evaluations Services in 2003 concluded that students in the SHARP program read and write 40%-70% better than students who do not participate in the program. Keenan Grenell, Ph.D. of the Grenell Group, LLC, made his report available in June 2011. The reports are below: