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Boyertown Area SD begins ELA curriculum review to meet Act 135, schedules vendor demos and teacher pilots
Summary
District staff outlined a year-by-year ELA curriculum review to align instruction with the science of reading and Pennsylvania's Act 135: audits, vendor demos (June 9), teacher pilots in 2025-26 and full implementation planned for 2027-28, with structured professional learning and universal K'3 screening.
The Boyertown Area School District's Student Services and Curriculum Committee on May 11 heard an overview of the district's ELA curriculum review and steps to align materials and instruction with Act 135 and the science of reading.
Stephanie Petrie, director of the Office of Teaching and Learning, told the committee that Act 135 requires each local education agency to adopt an evidence-based reading curriculum, identify a lead educator for implementation, provide structured-literacy professional learning and select a universal K'3 screener administered three times each year. "Each LEA must adopt an evidence-based reading curriculum," Petrie said, and districts must "submit annual reports to PDE." (Petrie's remarks appear in committee materials.)
Petrie described the review as a multi-year…
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