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Roaring Fork highlights gains for emerging bilingual students, adopts Unified Improvement Plan
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The Roaring Fork School District on Wednesday presented a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (CLDE) program review showing sustained growth for emerging bilingual students and approved the district's Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) that prioritizes attendance, math growth and early literacy for targeted subgroups.
The Roaring Fork School District on Wednesday presented a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (CLDE) program review showing sustained growth for emerging bilingual students and approved the district's Unified Improvement Plan (UIP) that prioritizes attendance, math growth and early literacy for targeted subgroups.
Amy Fairbanks, director of CLDE, told the board the district posted an overall ACCESS median growth percentile of 57 this year, above the usual goal of about 50. "The goal is always 50 or 51," Fairbanks said, and noted the district has ranked between first and third among similar districts for several years. Fairbanks described the program mix that includes dual-language classes at Valley Elementary School and Riverview School, Spanish literacy in some schools and…
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