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Janesville reports about 40% of K–3 students placed on reading plans under new Act 20 screening
Summary
District staff outlined statewide Act 20 K–3 literacy screening results, saying Janesville’s fall/winter administration placed roughly 40% of students on reading plans, described required parent notifications and monitoring, and flagged timelines for 10‑week progress reports, summer school and a July 1, 2025 third‑grade promotion policy.
Dr. Lisonbee de Graff told the Janesville School District Policy, Personnel & Curriculum Committee on March 3 that statewide Act 20 K–3 screening placed about 40% of Janesville students on a required reading plan.
The update matters because Act 20, the state law that requires K–3 early literacy screening, prescribes timelines and interventions. Dr. Lisonbee de Graff said the district used the AIMSweb Plus screener (Pearson) and that “any student who fell below the 25th percentile has received a reading plan.” Parents received initial assessment results within the 10‑day state window and were given a separate link to view specific reading plans via NextPath, the district’s data management partner.
Dr. Lisonbee de Graff described what the screening measured — timed letter naming, letter‑sound tasks, phonemic awareness items and a…
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