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District 49 reports end‑of‑year K–3 literacy gains, Reed Camp summer instruction for 221 students
Summary
District literacy coordinator Georgiana Rapoport reported year‑end DIBELS and STAR growth, Reed Camp enrollment and attendance rates, and plans to monitor summer progress using progress‑monitoring probes.
Georgiana Rapoport, coordinator of literacy performance for El Paso County Colorado School District 49, presented end‑of‑year K–3 literacy results and an update on Reed Camp, the district’s summer literacy intervention.
Rapoport said the district ended the year with 76% of kindergarten through third‑grade students scoring at or above benchmark on DIBELS 8 and 13% remaining in the “well below” category. She noted those figures were roughly unchanged from the end of 2024 but improved from the beginning of the year when 28% were in the well‑below category and 55% were at/above benchmark.
Why it matters: Rapoport said oral reading fluency (ORF), a timed measure of words correct per minute that correlates with comprehension, remains an area to monitor even when many students show high decoding accuracy.
Key points from the presentation
- Third grade: The district set a progress goal using the Colorado Department of Education progress planning tool and met it, finishing the year with 14% of third graders in the well‑below benchmark category; the presentation said the district moved 43 third‑grade students out of the well‑below category.
- Accuracy and fluency: Rapoport reported that 92% of the K–3 students had reading accuracy of 96% or better. For fifth grade, staff reported 95% accuracy but a higher share (25%) remained in the well‑below category on the composite measure because of lower ORF scores.
- Reed Camp: The summer Reed Camp enrolled 221 students across three sites and used more than 40 staff members, including teachers, para‑professionals and support staff. Attendance rates reported were 84% at Falcon Elementary and 75% at both Stetson Elementary and Odyssey Elementary. Rapoport said the program uses DIBELS 8 progress‑monitoring probes and that the team will analyze mid‑camp and end‑of‑camp measures to determine impact.
- Data use: The literacy team uses multiple measures — DIBELS 8, STAR early literacy, EduCLIMBER and CMAS history — to guide instruction at both the aggregate and student level.
What was not decided: The report was informational; the board did not take formal action on funding or program changes during this presentation.
Ending
Rapoport thanked staff and school leaders for running Reed Camp and said the literacy team will meet to review progress‑monitoring data and staff surveys to guide improvements for future summers.
