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Cumberland County board delays TISA vote, moves to add teachers and RTI supports to lift third-grade reading
Summary
Board members postponed formal approval of the TISA accountability report to a special call at a Monday retreat after reviewing third-grade screening data that showed a 33.1% meeting/exceeding rate. Members backed using budgeted funds to add five teachers or trained assistants and to expand RTI support at five schools.
The Cumberland County Board of Education postponed a vote on its TISA accountability report and agreed to pursue targeted staffing and intervention steps after a director’s presentation flagged low third-grade proficiency and large remediation caseloads.
During the director’s presentation, board members heard that Cumberland County’s third-grade meet/exceed rate was 33.1% this past year and that renorming of the K–3 universal screener prevented direct year-to-year comparisons for the youngest grades. The director recommended using the CNE matrix as the committee’s decision tool and proposed adding focused RTI (response…
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