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Elko County trustees hear first-quarter Lexia Core5 report showing early reading gains
Summary
District elementary director presented first-quarter Lexia Core5 data showing campus adoption across the district, a drop in students two or more grade levels below from 48% to 39%, and modest growth in students reaching end-of-year benchmarks from 19% to 24%. Trustees asked for follow-up correlation with MAP scores.
Turney, the district's elementary director, told the Elko County School District Board that the first-quarter implementation of Lexia Core5 shows promising early results. "A 100% of our campuses have adopted" the program and districtwide student usage is at the 50th percentile, Turney said, while noting particular strength in first through third grades where over two-thirds of students met weekly usage targets.
Turney presented baseline and interim outcome data the district tracked from the launch through October 15. "At the start level 48 percent of our students began the year working two or more grades below level. Now that number has dropped to 39 percent," Turney said. He also reported that the share of students reaching the end‑of‑year benchmark rose from 19 percent to 24 percent districtwide, with kindergarten benchmark attainment more than doubling from 23 percent to 47 percent and first‑grade students two or more grades below falling from 21 percent to 7 percent.
Turney outlined three next steps to sustain progress: continued success‑manager meetings with principals to address usage gaps; additional training for administrators and teachers on using Lexia data to inform small‑group instruction; and on‑site coaching to integrate Lexia into daily practice. He said a follow‑up presentation is planned for late February or mid‑March to explore correlations between Lexia results and MAP scores.
Trustees praised classroom-level examples included in the presentation and asked staff to include cohort tracking where possible (for example, pilots at Flagview) and to return with MAP correlation data that could show whether Lexia gains are translating to other assessments. Turney said the district will provide additional data and coaching updates in the next report.
The board did not take action on the presentation; this was an informational first‑quarter update and trustees directed staff to provide further detail in the follow‑up report.
