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School‑based CSI literacy coaches show early gains in reading measures, state says
Summary
The Department of Education described a federal‑funded rollout of school‑based literacy coaches in federally-identified CSI schools and reported early universal screener gains (about 15% average improvement) where coaches prioritized classroom-facing structured‑literacy work; a sample Atlanta school recorded double‑digit gains in a single year.
The Georgia Department of Education told legislators that school‑based literacy coaches placed in federally identified Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI) schools are producing early, measurable gains in student reading outcomes.
Amy Denty, who directs the DOE literacy effort, reported that 57–60 school‑based CSI coaches were placed in CSI schools last year with federal funding, and that initial universal screener data showed an average improvement of about 15% from the beginning to the end of the…
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