Read to Achieve Information

The following information has changed as of 2/13/14 so please see the link given on 2/19/14 for undated information!!!!!!!!

Some of you were unable to attend last week's Read to Achieve meeting to obtain information about how this legislation affects your third grader.  Here is a very brief run down:

Starting next week (1/27), every third grader will complete 3 reading passages on the same standard.  The following week, they will take 3 on a different standard, and so on.  These passages are about a page and a half long and have 5 questions on each.  They will be graded and kept in a portfolio for your child.  If they do  not pass all 3 passages for a certain standard, they will have a chance to take another passage.  This will go on throughout the school year.  By the end, we hope to have built a portfolio that shows your child has mastered each of the 12 standards. For a total of 36 reading passages or more (if they have to take another test on a certain standard that they did not pass all 3 of) by May 16th.  This will be very important, because if they do not pass the English-Language Arts EOG test at the end of the year, the portfolio will provide the necessary information to show that they are proficient, what they call a "good cause exemption."  ALL third graders will have a portfolio, regardless of their level of proficiency in the classroom.

If they do not have a proficient portfolio and they do not pass the EOG, they will have to go to a summer Reading program and will then move on to 4th grade as a "transitional 4th grader" and will receive interventions next year to support them in literacy.  However, if they do not attend the Reading program, they will be retained in third grade.  

For more detailed information about this legislation, please read the following document:  https://eboard.eboardsolutions.com/Meetings/Attachment.aspx?S=10399&AID=12267&MID=804