Early Literacy Plan

Schools are required to create a policy for promotion of a student from 3rd grade to 4th grade.  

For those students who have not exited their personal reading plans then the district must:

• Provide the child with intensive instructional services, progress monitoring, and supports to remediate identified areas of deficiency

• Provide the child with an intensive summer reading program each summer until the child scores at grade-level in reading on a summative assessment

• Notify the child’s parent or caregiver in writing that the child has not exited the personal reading plan with a description of the services and supports that will be provided

Our current board policy, po5410, recognizes that children’s development in personal, social, physical, and educational skills varies and placement should be based on the most appropriate setting based on what the child needs to grow in these areas.  

We will continue to promote students based on our board policy and recommendations.  As students are ending 3rd grade, if they continue to score below the 29th percentile on the screener, we will continue to create goals based on the areas of need identified through diagnostic assessments.  These goals will be monitored until the student has achieved them.  We will exit a student from their personal reading plan once they score above the 29th percentile on the screener assessment.