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Wallingford-Swarthmore launches K–5 ELA pilot; narrows candidates to Benchmark Advance and Arts and Letters
Summary
District literacy leaders presented data showing strong K–2 growth but weaker national percentile performance in grades 3–5, described a voluntary pilot of two K–5 ELA programs and ongoing implementation of the 95% Group word-study program in grades 3–5.
Wallingford-Swarthmore School District presented a plan to pilot two K–5 English/language arts (ELA) core programs and to continue implementing the 95% Group word-study program in grades 3–5, district staff said at the Educational Affairs Committee meeting.
The district narrowed 21 initial options to two finalists — Benchmark Advance (Benchmark Education Company) and Arts and Letters (Great Minds) — and will run a voluntary classroom pilot for both programs from Feb. 10 to April 4, with results and a recommendation to the district finance committee planned for late April, administrators said.
"Our goal is to improve the continuity and fidelity of our elementary literacy programming, and this will create equitable learning experiences across the three elementary buildings," said Bridget Walsh, one of three literacy Teachers on Special Assignment (TOSAs) who presented the work. The TOSAs described…
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