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Amherst Central details elementary literacy, math changes: new screenings, decodable books and interventions
Summary
District curriculum staff described a series of elementary-level changes including expanded teacher professional development, new screening and diagnostic assessments, wider use of decodable texts in K–2, a ‘tier 2 for all’ intervention at higher-risk schools, and continued rollout of Eureka math with sustained PD support.
District curriculum staff presented a multi-part update on elementary curriculum, saying the changes are data-driven and intended to raise student achievement by strengthening core instruction and targeted interventions.
Dr. Shanahan, a district curriculum leader, told the board that “we take professional learning very seriously at Amherst because we know that it is the teachers that have the capacity” to raise student outcomes when curriculum and practice are aligned. She said the district offered 73 distinct elementary professional-development sessions from May through October and emphasized multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) as the operational framework linking curriculum, instruction and assessment.
The literacy update detailed changes to screening and diagnostic practice and classroom materials. The district will: move a fluency-based…
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