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Austin ISD board accepts literacy monitoring report showing districtwide gains in K–2 interventions
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Board accepted a monitoring report showing the percent of second-graders flagged for reading intervention fell from 30% to 26% spring-to-spring, with year-over-year gains across most student groups; trustees pressed for deeper root-cause work on persistent gaps for African American students.
The Austin Independent School District Board of Trustees on Thursday accepted the superintendent’s monitoring report on scorecard Goal 1, second-grade literacy intervention, after a presentation from district academic leaders.
The monitoring report showed the district’s proportion of second graders in the NWEA MAP recommended-for-intervention range dropped to 26% in spring 2025 from 30% in spring 2024, exceeding the board’s first-year target. District staff told trustees the largest year-over-year reductions were among several historically underserved groups, though African American students missed an aggressive target by two percentage points.
District officials said the gains reflect an intensive effort to implement structured literacy and high-quality instructional materials across K–2 classrooms, paired with coaching and a strengthened MTSS (multi-tiered system of supports). Dr. Mary Anne Maxwell, assistant…
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