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District sets literacy, math targets and adopts K-5 Amplify literacy program for 2025-26
Summary
West Chicago ESD 33 leaders outlined building goals and action plans for literacy and math: district aims for 50% of students at/above the 50th percentile in MAP reading, sets a new 60% target for MAP math, and will implement Amplify across K-5 following a pilot.
Cathy Park, the district's Director of Assessment and Accountability, and building principals presented the district's final-year action plans for the 2025-26 school year, focused on academic growth and culture.
Key academic targets include achieving 50% of students at or above the 50th percentile in MAP reading (district goal) and a new target that 60% of students be at or above the 50th percentile in MAP math, reflecting a focus on strengthening math achievement after meeting last year's goals.
To support literacy, the district will implement Amplify across kindergarten through grade 5; the program emphasizes comprehension, foundational skills, grammar, spelling and morphology. Kindergarten teachers will continue efforts started in Birth to Three and preschool programs to support early literacy, and principals described a year-long, cross-content writing professional development for staff.
Buildings will tailor culture-related action plans based on 5Essentials survey results; the district aims for at least three of five survey areas to be rated "strong." Leman Middle School will align assessments to IAR and adopt the RACES writing framework; the school also plans a literacy pilot of MyPerspectives.
The board received these presentations during the Sept. 18 meeting; no formal curriculum adoption vote was recorded beyond the district's decision to roll Amplify into K-5 instruction following a successful pilot year.
