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Collaborative for Educational Services updates school committee on district literacy review, pilot plan and mCLASS rollout
Summary
CES presented progress from the district’s elementary literacy team (ELT): a program review has narrowed core literacy programs to seven, the committee will pick two for a June pilot, mCLASS (Amplify) was recommended for K–5 assessment rollout, and a literacy coordinator hiring process is underway.
Tom Chang of the Collaborative for Educational Services updated the Winchester School Committee on March 27 about the Elementary Literacy Team (ELT) work: a multi‑year program review and pilot process, assessment selections, and staffing steps designed to strengthen K–5 literacy instruction across the district.
The CES team said its research organized needs into three buckets: curricular coherence, communication and culture, and assessment and student support. Using DESE’s CURATE rubric and EdReports as screening tools, staff reduced an initial long list of programs to roughly a dozen and then to a working list of seven literacy core program candidates for a pilot process. The ELT plans to select two finalists at the May meeting and run a June pilot design process, with a soft launch of assessment…
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