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Fairwood Elementary reports early gains from UFLI reading pilot; after-school ELL club offers language support
Summary
Fairwood Elementary staff reported preliminary mid-year reading gains after piloting the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) tier-2 intervention and described an after-school ELL club that provides language practice, snacks and bus transportation for participants.
Fairwood Elementary principal Adrienne Sheer and instructional staff told the board that a tier-2 reading pilot using the University of Florida Literacy Institute (UFLI) is producing early signs of student growth, and they described an after-school English-language-learner (ELL) club that adds language practice and social supports.
“We started UFLI in November...we had about six weeks of data for UFLI,” said Abby Drew, an instructional coach involved in the pilot. Drew said the school compared beginning-of-year and…
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