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Plymouth-Canton highlights early literacy gains after three-year UFLI rollout
Summary
Elementary curriculum lead Jan Douglas told the board that structured literacy (UFLI) plus Collaborative Classroom instruction is in year three of implementation and that mid-year DIBELS benchmarks show fewer students needing intensive support; the district will continue focusing on special education groups and fidelity of implementation.
Jan Douglas, the district’s elementary curriculum coordinator, told the Plymouth‑Canton Community Schools Board of Education that the district has completed three years of UFLI Foundations implementation and two years of Collaborative Classroom language-comprehension work, and is seeing encouraging assessment trends.
“We are in year 3 of UFLI implementation and year 2 of Collaborative Classroom,” Douglas said, adding that adherence to UFLI’s scope and sequence is essential to produce reliable growth. Douglas said teachers received two-day trainings, job-embedded coaching, and weekly progress monitoring to align instruction to student needs.
Douglas described the district’s shift to…
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