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Board hears literacy-law implementation: Savvas materials adopted, dyslexia screening and teacher training progress reported
Summary
District curriculum staff told the board they adopted K–8 Savvas English language arts materials for six years, are tracking dyslexia screening/reporting tied to the state law, and reported teacher completion rates for science-of-reading professional learning.
Curriculum staff updated the Harris County Board of Education on July 1 about steps the district is taking to comply with Georgia’s literacy-related requirements and to roll out new K–8 instructional materials.
Dr. Denny said the district adopted Savvas materials for kindergarten through eighth grade as the district’s high-quality instructional materials for the next six years. He described work to align scope and sequence and to provide teacher planning and modeling sessions with Savvas representatives in July. Dr.…
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