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Sycamore Junior High staff say Tier 2 reading class produced measurable winter gains
Summary
Staff from Sycamore Junior High School presented data to the Sycamore School District Board of Education showing that a 45‑minute, five‑day Tier 2 reading intervention has produced larger‑than‑expected MAP reading gains from fall to winter and established clearer entrance and exit rules.
Staff from Sycamore Junior High described a multi‑year effort to structure Tier 2 reading intervention and presented district assessment results showing stronger-than-expected growth for students in the program.
Samantha Reed, the school psychologist at Sycamore Junior High School, said Tier 2 targets roughly “the 15 percent of kids that don't respond to the general education” and that the junior high team has focused on “database decision making” and the “science of reading” to shape instruction. Jennifer Shelton, the junior high reading intervention teacher, said the intervention is taught as a 45‑minute, small‑group elective five days a week and that students are placed in the class “based on data.”
The team described…
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