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Iroquois intermediate school credits Orton–Gillingham training as reading scores rise; board probes gaps in older grades
Summary
Intermediate-school leaders told the Iroquois Central School District board that structured-reading professional development and Orton–Gillingham training beginning in 2022–23 contributed to improved literacy measures; the board pressed administrators about a dip among last year’s fifth graders and plans to catch them up.
Intermediate‑school leaders told the Iroquois Central School District Board of Education on Thursday that a deliberate rollout of structured reading instruction and Orton–Gillingham (OG) training has coincided with improvements in literacy measures, but members pressed for explanations of lagging results in older cohorts.
“Once we started talking about phonemic awareness and phonics in a more intentional way, scores did jump,” the intermediate presenter said, describing teacher professional development that began in 2022–23 and a district reading program implemented in 2024–25. The presentation said teachers and new‑hire onboarding received OG training and that study groups now focus on pedagogy and “andragogy” — the teaching of adults.
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