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Pleasant Valley to seek board approval for Read180/Math180 pilot for students three or more years behind
Summary
District curriculum and special‑education staff presented a proposal to purchase Read180 and Math180 for middle and high school supplemental learning‑support classrooms to serve students three or more years behind in reading or math.
District curriculum and special‑education staff presented a proposal to purchase Read180 and Math180 for middle and high school supplemental learning‑support classrooms, targeting students whom staff described as “three years or more behind” in reading or math.
A staff member described the package as covering both programs for one year, including student and teacher licenses and paper/pencil materials plus live online trainings: "That would cover math 1 80 and reading 1 80. So the math and the reading curriculum, all student and teacher licenses for a year, including paper, pencil materials, 2 hour online live instructor training for the staff as well as a 1 hour live implementation," the staff member said.
Staff said the initial, pared‑down implementation quote is about $20,503 for the first year once extraneous add‑ons were removed. Annual recurring costs for licenses were estimated at about $6,000. The district reported the purchase was budgeted within special‑education funds but asked the board to place the item on the next meeting agenda for formal approval.
Selection and placement of students will be done by a data team using multiple assessments (I‑Ready, STAR, PSSA, AIMSweb and other benchmarks) and teacher recommendations; staff emphasized that teacher recommendations alone would not be sufficient and that the team will prioritize the most needy students. For the middle school, staff said there are more than 20 recommended students and that the program would cap caseloads at 20 per state guidance for case management; classrooms will be fluid and students can cycle in and out based on progress and IEP team decisions.
Staff said one teacher at the middle school and two at the high school would implement the program initially (one assigned to reading and one to math at the high school). Staff also said this is intended to be a multi‑year implementation requiring two to three years of use to evaluate effectiveness and that licensing renewals would be considered in future budgets.
The board directed staff to add the purchase to the next meeting agenda so members can act on the recommendation.
