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Newberg-Large City officials keep ARC as core reading program while launching shared decision process for alternatives
Summary
The Newberg and Large City School District will keep the American Reading Company (ARC) as its Tier 1 English language arts resource for now while launching a formal shared-decision process to explore alternatives and pilots, Assistant Superintendent Shannon O'Grady and Assistant Superintendent Alicia Soto told the curriculum committee on Sept. 10.
The Newberg and Large City School District will keep the American Reading Company (ARC) as its Tier 1 English language arts resource for now while launching a formal shared-decision process to explore alternatives and pilots, Assistant Superintendent Shannon O'Grady and Assistant Superintendent Alicia Soto told the curriculum committee on Sept. 10.
Why it matters: Committee members said the choice of a Tier 1 curriculum affects consistency for students who move between buildings and shapes what supplemental and Tier 2/Tier 3 interventions teachers use.
O'Grady said Tier 1 is "for all, for everyone," and described a suite of elementary diagnostics and screeners now in use, including i-Ready diagnostic tests and an oral reading fluency screener used three times per year. "The purpose of the diagnostics...is to let us know where our students are," she said,…
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