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Chapel District Elementary tells board data-driven K–2 literacy goal: 80% to meet DIBELS benchmarks by May 2026

Talbot County Board of Education · January 15, 2026
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Summary

Chapel District Elementary presented school-improvement work focused on K–2 literacy, using DIBELS subtests (PSF and words re-coded), a 'data wall' for quarterly student tracking, and classroom interventions; staff reported MCAP and subgroup gains and piloted a 'digital detox' for families.

Carrie Clough, principal of Chapel District Elementary School, and her instructional team presented the school’s K–2 literacy work to the Talbot County Board of Education on Jan. 14.

Clough said Chapel’s school-improvement team uses multiple data sources, including DIBELS and MAP, to set measurable goals. "Our K through 2 literacy goal... 80 percent of K through 2 students will meet benchmark on DIBELS in PSF and words re-coded by May 2026," she told the board. Leslie Beveridge, reading interventionist and…

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