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District 5 outlines Read to Succeed changes, third‑grade retention process and related policy revisions
Summary
Administrators explained the impact of Act 114 (Read to Succeed) on third‑grade retention, removal of the reading portfolio good‑cause exemption, parent conferencing and a new summer reading camp process; trustees asked about interventions, use of MAP assessments, appeals and timing for implementation.
Superintendent David Ross and Chief of Academics Tina McCaskill told trustees on Dec. 9 that Act 114 (the Read to Succeed amendment) requires changes to district policies affecting ELA instruction, summer school, promotion/retention and state assessment procedures.
The change administrators emphasized most was the state law’s removal of the reading portfolio as a good‑cause exemption for third‑grade retention. Dr. Ross said that, had the law been in effect last year, the district estimates roughly 266 additional third graders would have been retained. The district outlined steps it is taking:…
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