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Newport-Mesa board adopts MCAS (DIBELS) reading screener after literacy presentation
Summary
After a detailed early-literacy briefing showing gains in TK and first-grade measures, Newport-Mesa Unified School District trustees voted unanimously to adopt MCAS (DIBELS edition) as the district reading-difficulty screener for K 2 and to expand use to grades 3—.
The Newport-Mesa Unified School District board voted unanimously June 10 to adopt MCAS with the DIBELS suite as its K 2 universal reading-difficulty screener after a staff presentation showing measurable early-literacy gains.
Dr. Laurie Hernandez, the district's early-literacy lead, told trustees the district has trained 150 teachers in LETRS and seen strong early indicators: "this year, 80 percent of our students who attended one of our TK programs entered with first sound fluency," she said, compared with "63 percent of students who did not attend our TK program." Hernandez and her team recommended MCAS (DIBELS edition) following a brief pilot that…
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