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Superintendent reports year‑end literacy gains; district highlights multilingual achievements
Summary
Hartford Public Schools reported preliminary year‑end results showing K–5 DIBBLES benchmark performance rising from 41% to 49% and grades 6–8 Reading Plus proficiency rising from 17% to 30%; the superintendent linked gains to targeted instruction and partnerships.
Superintendent Townsel used his June 16 report to highlight preliminary literacy gains across Hartford Public Schools and to publicize summer‑learning resources for families.
Townsel said district DIBBLES end‑of‑year data show the percentage of kindergarten‑through‑fifth‑grade students at or above benchmark rose from 41% last year to 49% this year — an 8‑percentage‑point increase — and that students identified as well below benchmark decreased from 44% to 38%. Townsel singled out strong gains in kindergarten (from 52% to 62%), grade one (45% to 56%) and grade four (28% to 39%).
For middle grades, district Reading Plus data showed grades 6–8 students at or above grade‑level reading increased from 17% in the fall to 30% at year‑end, with declines in the share reading five or more grade levels below expectation (from 48% to 35%). Townsel characterized the results as meaningful progress tied to classroom instruction and the Connecticut Literacy Model Partnership.
The superintendent also recognized multilingual programming: the district reported 224 students earning the Connecticut Seal of Biliteracy and said multilingual learners represent roughly 25% of the enrollment (about 3,800 students). Townsel encouraged families to use district summer learning tools and said the district would use assessment data to inform summer and fall intervention planning.
District leaders emphasized these figures were preliminary and part of ongoing analysis to refine intervention and summer programming.
