Definition
Story Behind the Curve
Wisconsin Reading Corps increases schools’ ability to offer differentiated instruction and 1:1 tutoring to students who need supplemental support; a practice identified by educational researchers as critical to improving reading scores. Reading Corps provides schools with trained AmeriCorps reading tutors, expert coaching, and data-driven instructional processes to accelerate literacy acquisition.
Partners
What Works
Action Plan
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Decreasing the number of students who are chronically absent during the school year
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Increasing students' social and emotional skills
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Increasing support of student learning during out of school time
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Effective reading instruction matched to student needs
Creating authentic family-school partnerships
Data Methodology
*SY 2019-2020 and SY 2020-2021 data includes WUSD Douglas and Webster Elementary schools only, children in grades K-3.
*SY 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 data includes WUSD Douglas and Webster Elementary schools AND Dodgeland Elementary school, children in grades K-3.
SY 2023-2024 data includes WUSD Douglas, Shurz and Webster Elementary schools - Dodgeland Elementary school, children in grades K-3 and Jefferson East, West and Sullivan Elementary Schools.