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District data shows high counts in dyslexia screening; board hears literacy interventions
Summary
Raleigh County elementary director told the board that 478 K–3 students did not meet dyslexia cut scores in the tested sample and said second grade phonics weaknesses will be the focus of targeted interventions using UFLI and other supplemental curricula.
Ms. Blankenship, Director of Elementary and Early Childhood (speaker 9), told the board that the district administers I-Ready diagnostics and follows up with a dyslexia screener for students who do not meet cut scores. She reported that, in the sample reviewed for this meeting, 478 students did not meet the cut score out of 2,781 students tested across K–3.
"So for with second grade, we went back and looked and we feel like we are really weak. It was phonics and vocabulary and comprehension,"…
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