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Board hears FASTBridge winter reading results; district sets K–2 phonics and fluency goal
Summary
Curriculum coordinator Michelle Meyer presented winter FASTBridge screening data showing gains in early grades and longitudinal cohort improvements; the district’s Wildly Important Goal is that 80% of K–2 students meet phonics and fluency benchmarks by the end of second grade.
Michelle Meyer, Curriculum and Assessment Coordinator for Garden City USD 457, presented the district’s winter FASTBridge screening data and described progress and next steps for structured literacy interventions.
Meyer said the district is "closing the gap" with national averages in early grades and that specific cohort comparisons show meaningful growth: she reported 56 high-school students moved out of the high-risk category from fall to winter and described cohort gains between kindergarten…
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