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Omaha Public Schools reports uneven elementary reading gains; district to expand structured literacy and early interventions
Summary
Chief Academic Officer Susan Christopherson told the board that while some elementary schools met multi‑year reading growth goals, overall the district fell short of a 4% per‑year target and will expand structured literacy, kindergarten readiness partnerships and paraprofessional training to boost outcomes.
Susan Christopherson, Omaha Public Schools chief academic officer, told the board at a strategic plan workshop that the district did not meet its 2024–25 target that each elementary school raise kindergarten‑through‑grade reading proficiency by 4 percent annually, but that growth is trending upward.
“We have begun an upward trend, increasing growth by 4.6% and meeting the goal by 1.5%,” Christopherson said in presenting the five‑year review of the 2020–2025 Strategic Plan of Action. She reported that 11 schools met the 4% growth goal; 37 showed growth but did not meet the 4% threshold; 48 experienced growth at or above the percentile between 2022–23 and 2024–25; and seven schools showed neither growth nor goal attainment across the period.
The nut of the district’s response will be instructional and structural…
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