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District to replace Benchmark after state removes program from approved reading list; new quote about $106,000 price tag
Summary
District leaders told the board that the state removed Benchmark from the approved curriculum list for not meeting the science-of-reading phonics standard; the district plans to adopt 'Arts and Letters' (Wit & Wisdom) at an estimated $106,000 and said recovering prior Benchmark costs (~$96,000) appears unlikely.
District administrators told the Nashville School District board on Nov. 17 that the state informed districts that the Benchmark reading curriculum’s phonics component does not meet the state’s science-of-reading standard and that Benchmark was being removed from the state-approved list.
Miss Kim (speaker 9) said the district spent about $96,000 on the K–3 Benchmark materials and that the state’s reading specialist has declined to keep Benchmark on the…
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