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Germantown School District outlines how it is implementing Wisconsin’s Act 20 on early reading
Summary
On its GTOWN Life podcast, district guests described how Germantown School District is aligning existing curriculum work with Wisconsin’s Act 20: three-times-per-year screeners for K–3 (AIMSweb and diagnostics), individualized reading plans, targeted interventions delivered by reading specialists or classroom teachers, and regular family communications.
Germantown School District used an episode of its GTOWN Life podcast to explain how the district is putting Wisconsin’s Act 20 into practice for early reading instruction. Guests on the episode described a system of universal screeners, targeted diagnostics, individualized reading plans and increased, scheduled communication with families.
The guests said Act 20 aligns with work the district had already started: a curriculum resource review designed to bring continuity across grades and buildings. That prior work, they said, made it easier to match identified student needs with intervention resources and to extend supports beyond students who would previously have qualified for…
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