Reading Roadmap In the News
CLARKSDALE, MS, USA, March 29, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- According to January assessment data, the Clarksdale Municipal School District’s elementary-age students appear to be closing literacy-related learning gaps. While fall 2021 K-3 testing identified potential COVID-related learning loss among students, the District’s subsequent winter testing indicated that many of these students made significant progress catching up.
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Looking at public data, a report from the nonprofit, Reading RoadMap, Inc., found that rural school districts in Kansas experienced the greatest declines in early reading levels between 2019 and 2021, as compared to all school districts in the state.
A Kansas public schools model holds great promise. The perpetual questions are, how do we improve our public schools? How can schools better teach our children?
In the Mississippi Delta, an innovative after-school program puts struggling readers on a path to literacy. Taurean Morton kneels down low at a classroom table, sliding small white reading cards to a group of smiling students.
After-school programs are an untapped resource for increasing early reading proficiency. Research and practice show that after-school programs can do much more to help children develop literacy skills. Especially in low-income and rural communities, after-school programs are the best option for young readers to get the help they need to succeed
CLARKSDALE – For students who struggle to read early in school, data shows that their chances for success later on are bleak.
The Manhattan-Ogden school district’s commitment to the full systematic approach of Kansas Reading Roadmap already has shown results for students, said Andrew Hysell, executive director of the program.
A Kansas public schools model holds great promise. The perpetual questions are, how do we improve our public schools? How can schools better teach our children?