Hendrick Hudson presents year-one results from HMH InterReading, adopts MTSS policy

HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT — District staff on Sept. 16 described the first-year rollout of HMH InterReading at the elementary level and outlined a strengthened, district-wide Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS). After the presentation, the Board of Education voted to approve a revised MTSS policy.

Lauren Scollins, identified in the meeting as a district staff member leading the presentation, said teachers in the pilot reported strong curriculum alignment and that staff engaged in summer curriculum writing to connect InterReading lessons to science and social studies. "Teachers loved the way the curriculum was connected to the learning standards," Scollins said during the meeting. She and other presenters described early implementation challenges — pacing, volume of materials, a disconnected initial writing component — and said HMH has revised parts of the program entering version 3.

Teacher Danielle Cohen, who the presentation identified as a pilot participant and HMH contributor, said she worked with the vendor…