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Poplar Creek teachers credit flexible grouping for notable early-grade gains
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Poplar Creek Elementary staff told the New Berlin School District board that flexible grouping, co-teaching and frequent progress monitoring produced measurable gains this year — including reading fluency and students exiting interventions — and outlined plans to expand the approach.
At a New Berlin School District board meeting, Poplar Creek Elementary teachers and administrators credited a new “flexible grouping” model with measurable gains in reading and math for third graders and younger students.
Dr. Samira Manzikani, associate principal at Poplar Creek, told the board the school uses multiple measures — including the Forward exam, universal screeners, IEP progress monitoring and classroom intervention data — to identify growth and said the approach focuses on getting students out of formal intervention. “We have a lot to be proud of in celebrations in reading,” Manzikani said, noting oral reading…
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