Some of you were unable to attend the Read to
Achieve meeting on January 16th to obtain information about how this
legislation affects your third grader. Here is a very brief run down:
Starting January 27th, 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. Four out of five questions correct is passing. 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. 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 "good cause exemption" based on their portfolio, they will take the Read to Achieve test at the end of the year, after the EOGs.
If they do not have a proficient portfolio and they do not pass the EOG or the Read to Achieve Test, they will have to go to a Summer Reading program and will continue to work on their portfolio. If they do not attend the Reading program, they will be retained in third grade. At the end of the Summer Reading Program, they will get another opportunity to take the Read to Achieve test.
Starting January 27th, 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. Four out of five questions correct is passing. 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. 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 "good cause exemption" based on their portfolio, they will take the Read to Achieve test at the end of the year, after the EOGs.
If they do not have a proficient portfolio and they do not pass the EOG or the Read to Achieve Test, they will have to go to a Summer Reading program and will continue to work on their portfolio. If they do not attend the Reading program, they will be retained in third grade. At the end of the Summer Reading Program, they will get another opportunity to take the Read to Achieve test.
If they demonstrate proficiency either by
portfolio or by the test score, then they move on to 4th grade. If not,
they begin the school year in a 3rd/4th Transition Class and will receive
interventions next year to support them in literacy. Midway through their
"third/fourth grade" transitional year, they will have another
opportunity to take the Read to Achieve test or pass by good cause exemption
through their portfolio, which they will be
continuing to build. If they pass, they
would be a traditional 4th grader at that point. If not, they will
continue to receive intensive literacy instruction in the transitional
classroom.
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
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
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