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Scotch Plains-Fanwood will discontinue Reading Recovery, district will redirect resources into universal literacy supports

Scotch Plains-Fanwood Board of Education · May 1, 2026
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Summary

After reviewing a decade of longitudinal data, the district will end its Reading Recovery program for first graders at the end of the school year and shift the funds to strengthen core literacy instruction and district-wide progress monitoring; 39 students were reported currently receiving Reading Recovery services.

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood School District informed the board the district will discontinue its Reading Recovery program at the end of the 2025–2026 school year and redirect those resources into strengthened core literacy instruction and systematic progress monitoring across grade levels.

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