The state of Alaska is reporting that the first year of the Alaska Reads Act in the classroom has shown promising results.
State reports promising first year results from Alaska Reads Act ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Alaska Reads Act , co-sponsored by Gov. Mike Dunleavy and former Sen. Tom Begich, is a statewide program for students in grades K-3 with the goal of having every student reading proficiently by the time they graduate from third grade.
State Education Commissioner Deena Bishop said the act also ensures that districts are accountable for how their students are doing. According to the data, at the start of the school year, only 41% of Alaskan students in grades K-3 were meeting or exceeding literacy benchmarks. By year’s end, that number had jumped to 57%.
The Anchorage School District also saw gains, particularly when compared to millions of students nationally who took the same assessments. At the beginning of the year, Anchorage kindergarteners were meeting significantly fewer benchmarks than their national peers, according to Chris Opitz, senior director of assessment and evaluation for ASD.“We increased by 42% the percentage of kids on track, compared to the nation there was an increase of 29%,” Opitz said.
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