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#Students1stDbnSchs-Press Release #21 Dearborn creating Read by Third Grade community task force<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Press Release #21\/2018-19
\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 17, 2018
\nContact: Jill Chochol, Executive Director of Student Achievement
\n(313) 827-3026\u00a0chochoj@dearbornschools.org<\/a>
\nDavid Mustonen, Communications Director
\n(313) 827-3006\u00a0MustonD@dearbornschools.org<\/a><\/h5>\n

Dearborn creating Read by Third Grade community task force<\/h4>\n

Dearborn Public Schools is creating a parent and community task force to look at the Read by Third Grade law scheduled to take full effect next year.\u00a0 Under the law, any third grader who is considered more than a year behind in reading must be recommended to repeat the grade.<\/p>\n

The task force will allow the community to learn more about the complicated law and offer input on how the district addresses it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to strengthen the planning process and to ensure that the community is informed and engaged in the success of every student,\u201d said Jill Chochol, Executive Director of Student Achievement for the Edsel Ford Feeder Track.\u00a0 She is also spearheading the district\u2019s Read by Third Grade initiative.<\/p>\n

Since the law\u2019s passage in 2016, administrators and teachers in Dearborn Public Schools have worked diligently to ensure as few students as possible are held back.\u00a0 Reading instruction and extra assistance have increased for lagging students, starting as young as kindergarten.\u00a0 Teacher training has become more focused, and additional summer and afterschool programs were added.<\/p>\n

Community members who are interested in participating on the committee are encouraged to visit the district website at\u00a0https:\/\/www.dearbornschools.org<\/a>\u00a0to sign up.\u00a0 The website also has a link to a blog where the district will provide updated Read by Third Grade information as it becomes available. \u00a0Visitors can subscribe to the blog to stay up to date.<\/p>\n

The current second graders are the first students who will be retained under the law. Those recommendations will be based on their spring 2020 Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP).\u00a0 \u00a0However, the Michigan Department of Education has yet to define what it will consider a year behind grade level. \u00a0About 56 percent of the state\u2019s third graders were considered \u201cnot proficient\u201d on the 2018 M-STEP.<\/p>\n

There are several reasons students could be exempted from repeating third grade such as as newer English language learners, special education students, students who show they are proficient in reading via a different standardized assessment, those who have previously repeated a grade, and children who show they are at grade level in math, science and social studies.\u00a0 While the district has increased its instruction efforts, having parents and the community involved is critical to each child\u2019s success, Chochol said.\u00a0 On an individual level, getting kids off videos and video games and into any kind of book, or even just engaged in conversation and hands-on experiences, are critical to language development.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs in all things, Dearborn Public Schools needs the support of families and the community to help us help students reach their full potential,\u201d Chochol said.\u00a0 \u201cWe are looking for that support for individual students and as a community on the Read by Third Grade task force.\u00a0 Together, we will address the changes brought by this new law.\u201d<\/p>\n

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PR21 Read by 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0grade Maples students<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u2013Two kindergarten students at Maples Elementary look through books during reading time.\u00a0 Dearborn Public Schools provides extra reading instruction as early as kindergarten for struggling students.\u00a0 Now the district is inviting the community to join its new Read by Third Grade task force.<\/em><\/p>\n