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State updates early literacy rollout: LETRS completion, coaches and progress monitoring rates climb
Summary
Staff reported progress on the early-literacy initiative: 31 coaches supporting 35 schools, cohort recruitment for year three, summer books distribution, and a notable increase in schools progress-monitoring at recommended rates (483 of 650 schools at 90%+ monitoring compliance).
State staff gave a quarterly update on the early-literacy initiative created under the 2022 law. The presentation covered professional learning (LETRS training), coaching placements, progress-monitoring compliance and summer reading efforts.
Key metrics reported to the committee included 31 literacy coaches supporting 35 schools (with coaches’ placements being re-evaluated for the next school year), active recruitment for cohort 3 (21 schools committed), and distribution of summer reading books. Staff reported improvement in progress monitoring: out of about 650 schools, 483 schools were progress-monitoring at the correct rates (90% or higher), up substantially from the program’s early rollout. The program team said change-management coaching and school-level accountability for instructional practice — not just training — are the focus for the coming year.
Staff also reported they are working with the licensing team to add a LETRS (science-of-reading) notation to educator licenses for teachers who complete the training, and that required LETRS coursework for funded participants must be completed by July 1.
Committee members asked about timeline for end-of-year assessment data; staff said filtered assessment files are typically available in August and early September and that more complete accountability reporting is available after district submissions are finalized.
