Sentences with phrase «literacy benchmarks»

A good screening tool will determine which children are proficient in specific foundational skills and, therefore, likely to meet end of year literacy benchmarks.

For example, STEP reading assessments revealed that just 19 percent of students entering in the fall hit literacy benchmarks.

Thousands of young Buffalo Public Schools students fell further behind in key literacy benchmarks as they progressed through the district's early grades, according to a study from 2006 to 2011 ordered by a former superintendent.

Together, Teacher Leaders and Inspired Teaching have co-authored a series of K - 12 science curriculum modules, including many of the DCPS science Cornerstones, which are infused with literacy benchmarks and aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

The WKKF support comes as Mississippi is preparing to implement the Third Grade Gate, a policy that requires third graders to meet minimum literacy benchmarks before being promoted to fourth grade.

As a result of a differentiated literacy program and specific interventions, the percentage of underachieving students in the primary literacy program meeting grade - level literacy benchmarks rose from 55 percent in 2000 to 80 percent in 2003 (Evanston / Skokie School District 65, 2004).

Bridge PSL public school students made more progress toward achieving national literacy benchmarks.

There's no reason to think that Common Core's literacy benchmarks are too hard for kindergarten.

Among black students, 64 percent hit the literacy benchmark in 2015 - 16, up from 52 percent the previous year.

Across the district, 78 percent of students in 2015 - 16 reached their literacy benchmark by third grade, up six percentage points from the previous year.

The percentage of Hispanic students hitting the literacy benchmark by grade three increased from 63 to 73 percent, English Language Learners jumped from 68 to 75 percent and students eligible for free and reduced lunch rose from 57 to 67 percent from 2014 - 15 to 2015 - 16.