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Charlottesville schools report early-grade literacy gains, outline expanded interventions
Summary
Charlottesville City Schools officials reported fall screening data showing early-grade gains and laid out instructional steps — structured literacy materials, staff training, decodable libraries and expanded reading specialist support — to accelerate progress toward divisional proficiency goals.
Charlottesville City Schools officials told the school board on Nov. 6 that division fall literacy screening shows early-grade improvement and described a multi-pronged effort to raise reading proficiency across grades.
"The data we will show demonstrate proficiency in tier 1 instruction and target to increase reading achievement to at least 75% across our student groups," literacy lead Miss Bridal said, introducing fall results gathered from the VALS, DIBELS and MAP assessments.
Bridal reported improvement in kindergarten and early elementary indicators compared…
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