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North Bend SD 13 presents RTI literacy reboot; coaches cite measurable gains

North Bend SD 13 Board of Directors · March 14, 2026
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Summary

Instructional coaches Heather Fleming and Leah Johnston told the board that a district RTI (Response to Instruction and Intervention) reboot, ECRI implementation and grant-funded coaching have strengthened K–5 reading instruction and delivered measurable growth, including a cited case of a fifth grader improving from about 3 to 90 words per minute.

District instructional coaches Heather Fleming (K–12 instructional coach) and Leah Johnston (early literacy instructional coach) presented the board on March 5 about the district's multi-year literacy alignment and its recent "reboot" with Oregon RTI.

Fleming and Johnston described a coordinated effort that began with adoption of universal screeners and research-based practices, moved through adoption of explicit phonics routines and ECRI (Enhanced Core Reading Instruction) for…

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