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District credits 'science of reading' partnership and math pilot for test-score gains
Summary
District leaders showed a science-of-reading video and credited a partnership with the Center for the School of the Future for improved reading outcomes, while administrators described a math pilot that channels juniors into a college prerequisite course to raise college readiness.
District leaders used the superintendent’s report to highlight literacy and college-readiness initiatives, showing a video from the Center for the School of the Future and describing a mathematics pilot aimed at improving college-course placement.
The superintendent introduced a video produced by the Center for the School of the Future, referencing researchers Parker Fosin and Ray Reitzel and describing their work on the science of reading. The district said the partnership combined the research base (‘science of reading’) with classroom-level instructional strategies to change reading outcomes across grades.
Presenters in the video and district speakers emphasized systematic, explicit instruction — phonemic awareness, phonics and fluency — and framed the work as both a research foundation and a set of instructional practices. A district official said the science-of-reading work has been embedded in professional learning communities (PLCs) and credited the approach with raising district reading performance from a lower percentile group to among the leading districts in the state.
Administrators also described a math pilot that puts juniors into a college prerequisite course (referred to in the meeting as '10 10' or '10 50' in different comments) so students are better positioned to take first-year college math in their senior year rather than being placed into remedial diagnostics. The district reported hundreds of students in the pilot and said the program has attracted the state board’s attention as a potential model.
Board members and administrators described the initiatives as district priorities for instruction and community messaging; staff introduced an 'Education Elevated' emblem and outreach plan intended to showcase district achievement during homecoming week and through parent networks.
The board viewed the video and discussed next steps for communicating the district’s instructional priorities to families and the broader community.
