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District presents Amplify ELA pilot for middle schools; board to act at a later meeting
Summary
DeKalb CUSD 428 presented results of a two‑publisher pilot at the middle school level and recommended adopting Amplify ELA after teacher and student pilots. The proposal is a six‑year contract budgeted in local funds; the board reached consensus to bring the item back for action.
The DeKalb CUSD 428 Board of Education on Feb. 10 heard a detailed recommendation to adopt Amplify ELA for grades 6–8 after a pilot comparing Amplify with the HMH curriculum.
Doctor Jenna Zimmerman, lead for the middle‑school ELA review, said the pilot ran in nine classrooms across grades 6–8 and reported students and teachers preferred Amplify in most measures. “The students overwhelmingly chose Amplify time and time again,” Zimmerman said, noting students found the texts and activities more engaging and the vocabulary…
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