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Stanfield SD 61 staff report strong reading gains after focused phonics work
Summary
District staff presented year‑to‑year reading growth tied to phonics and high‑frequency‑word instruction, while noting some grade‑level variability and recent enrollments that skew assessment results.
Lacey, a district staff member, presented the district’s current reading assessment results and highlighted sizable year‑to‑year gains tied to recent phonics training. "So we made tons of growth, with our reading," Lacey said, pointing to charts that compared fall diagnostic results with the most recent testing window.
Lacey told the board the district has emphasized the phonics domain and high‑frequency words to build toward comprehension at middle school grades. She cautioned that recent late‑arriving students and monolingual English‑learners in upper grades make some strategic numbers difficult to interpret and said staff are discussing ways to build background knowledge across content areas so students can better access grade‑level texts.
