Lenoir County schools outline interventionist framework credited with measurable student growth

Lenoir County Board of Education officials on Jan. 6 detailed an interventionist framework they say identifies students’ precise skill gaps and delivers small‑group instruction with regular progress monitoring to drive faster academic growth.

The program — presented by an instructional intervention lead identified in the meeting as Miss Harris — uses universal screeners, DIBELS, MAP and end‑of‑grade/end‑of‑course data to group students by specific skill deficits, deliver targeted lessons in groups and progress‑monitor every two to three weeks to determine mastery or the need to reteach.

Board members were told the program began when pandemic recovery funds made a broad expansion feasible; the district has continued the work using Title I and other local funding after the initial recovery dollars ended. “The gaps are deeper and wider than they ever have been,” Harris said. “We used recovery money so we could afford to do what we’ve always wanted to do: drill…