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District updates board on Act 20 literacy work, year‑2 ELA rollout and assessment challenges
Summary
Teaching-and-learning staff told the board the district is in year two of literacy implementation under Act 20, using Savvas MyView and MyPerspectives curricula and new AIMSwebPlus norms; presenters said it’s early for final outcomes and urged patience while deeper comparative data are developed.
District teaching-and-learning staff presented the Franklin Public School District’s annual 4K–12 literacy update, framing the work around state Act 20 requirements and a multi-year curriculum-review cycle.
Presenters described three strands of work: universal benchmark screening and diagnostics that trigger personalized reading plans for students at or below roughly the 25th percentile; professional development on the science of reading for K–3 teachers; and districtwide adoption and staged implementation of new ELA curricula (Savvas MyView, MyPerspectives, and expanded pre-AP units at the high school).
The speakers emphasized that this is the second year of implementation and that assessment comparisons are complicated by differing norming processes. They said AIMSwebPlus and MAP are not directly comparable and that AIMSwebPlus was renormed after 2019; specific outcome data tied to the new curricula are not yet available. A board member requested tangible, year-over-year metrics showing improvement from the new curriculum; staff said they will continue to provide literacy data including counts of students receiving personalized reading plans and will work to develop clearer comparative measures next year.
The presentation also noted initial secondary work on vocabulary acquisition and a three‑year rollout for some secondary literacy strategies. The board discussed intervention resources and the need to track whether the proportion of students in the bottom performance band declines from fall to spring in subsequent years.
Presenters said the district will continue to refine data reporting so the board can track whether curriculum and instruction changes result in measurable gains.
