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BCSC reports improvement in third-grade iRead pass rates; district outlines screening and intervention plans
Summary
District staff told the board that 89.3% of third graders passed the statewide iRead assessment (751 of 841 tested), with notable gains for historically underperforming subgroups and 94.7% pass rate reported for Legado students; the district described targeted phonics diagnostics and progress-monitoring strategies to continue gains.
Laura Hack, BCSC director of elementary education, presented district third-grade literacy results and district-level strategies to sustain growth.
Hack said the district tested 841 third-grade students and reported 751 passing iRead, or 89.3% — a 4.3 percentage-point increase from 2024 and 2 percentage points above the state average. "This is attributed to the science of reading instruction and…
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