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Parents urge Evesham Township School District to adopt structured literacy, cite outdated texts and weak progress monitoring
Summary
Parents representing a local advocacy group urged the Evesham Township Board of Education to adopt a research‑based structured‑literacy approach, saying current materials and progress monitoring leave struggling readers behind; district officials did not make a response on the record during public comment.
Parents and other community members told the Evesham Township Board of Education on the district's final board meeting of the year that the district should move from a balanced‑literacy model to a structured‑literacy approach.
An unidentified speaker representing 'Township School District parents for improved literacy outcomes' said the group's membership had grown to 474 and urged a “more structured literacy approach across all language arts disciplines,” noting what the speaker described as outdated reading materials — including books published in 1992 — and insufficient tier‑1…
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