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Winslow Township outlines 2025–26 goals and describes ELA pilot after $200,000 competitive grant win
Summary
District curriculum leaders described a K–8 ELA pilot involving 89 teachers, said a rubric based on Reading League guidance will guide selection by late February, and announced a competitive Impact Grant award of roughly $200,000 to help offset ELA adoption costs.
The Winslow Township Board of Education heard a curriculum update on Jan. 14 laying out district goals for 2025–26 and progress on a planned English‑language arts adoption.
Dr. Ferguson, introduced in the meeting as the curriculum director, told the board that 89 teachers in grades K–8 are piloting five ELA programs and that the district will develop a rubric ‘‘based on the Reading League’’ to evaluate those pilots. She said the curriculum office will use diagnostic assessments and progress‑monitoring data in grades 1–9 to inform a selection expected by late February.
Why it matters: district staff said the ELA…
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