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LCPS reports interventionist program produced year-over-year gains; staff recommend monthly monitoring and board approval of school plans next month
Summary
District staff presented data showing students served by in-school interventionists often exceeded state projections and national benchmarks in reading and math. The district reported declines in interventionist headcount tied to funding changes and asked the board to review school improvement plans ahead of a required November approval.
Lenoir County Public Schools staff told the Board of Education on Oct. 6 that the district’s school-day interventionist program produced measurable gains in reading and math for students who started below proficiency.
“Four years ago we set out with a plan to have interventionists in all of our schools,” a district presenter said, describing an intervention framework of five levels: analyze data; design targeted interventions; implement with small-group instruction; and measure impact. The district said the model emphasizes in-class “push-in” instruction and small-group ratios typically not larger than one adult to six students.
The presentation included year-to-year head counts: the district deployed 95 interventionists in 2022–23, 90 in 2023–24,…
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