• ISD 622 North St. Paul - Maplewood - Oakdale

     
    Local Literacy Plan
    Welcome to the ISD 622 North St. Paul - Maplewood - Oakdale Schools - Local Literacy Plan website.  The purpose of the website is to provide parents and community members with detailed information regarding our local literacy plan.  Our comprehensive literacy plan is intended to ensure that all students reach their full potential as readers and meet district level reading performance benchmarks by the end of 3rd grade.  Visitors will learn about how our balanced-literacy instructional framework supports young readers through differentiated learning experiences, how the Minnesota Academic Standards are embedded into our curriculum at various grade levels, and finally, how students are provided additional support in reading through our various reading intervention programs.  

    Local Literacy Plan 

    Click here for PDF copy of the ISD North St. Paul - Maplewood - Oakdale Schools - Local Literacy Plan. 
     

    Local Literacy Plan Goals 

    • District 622 reading performance will improve on the Spring FAST aReading assessment from 58% in Grade 2 (2017) to 63%  in Grade 3 (2018).
    • By 2020, the district will reduce its race based gaps on MCA III reading scores to 11% or less at each tested grade level.  The widest Grade 3 MCA reading gap will decrease from 28 percentage points in 2017 to 19 percentage points in 2018.  

    2015-2016 Spring Benchmark aReading Results

    Grade 2

    # proficient

    # total

    % proficient

    Am Indian

    9

    18

    50.0%

    Asian

    92

    170

    54.1%

    Hispanic

    42

    91

    46.2%

    Black

    85

    157

    54.1%

    Students of Color

    228

    436

    52.3%

    White

    217

    312

    69.6%

    All

    445

    748

    59.5%
     

    Grade 3

    # proficient

    # total

    % proficient

    Am Indian

    8

    19

    42.1%

    Asian

    96

    152

    63.2%

    Hispanic

    43

    92

    46.7%

    Black

    91

    179

    50.8%

    Students of Color

    238

    442

    53.8%

    White

    222

    315

    70.5%

    All

    460

    757

    60.8%
     
     2016-2017 Spring Benchmark aReading Goals

     

    Grade 2

    % proficient

    Am Indian

    55%

    Asian

    59%

    Hispanic

    51%

    Black

    59%

    Students of Color

    57%

    White

    72%

    All

    63%
     

    Grade 3

    % proficient

    Am Indian

    55%

    Asian

    59%

    Hispanic

    51%

    Black

    59%

    Students of Color

    57%

    White

    72%

    All

    63%

    2016-2017 goals were set using a cohort model.  Grade 3 goals were set based on the performance of students in Grade 2 in 2015-2016.

    Understandings 
    • Literacy is critical to preparing our students to excel in our changing world.
    • Based on Marie Clay’s definition of reading, we believe that reading and writing are reciprocal message getting/message giving, problem solving activities which increase in power and flexibility the more they are practiced. 
    • We believe that to meet the challenges of teaching literacy in the 21st century, we must implement the standards using a Balanced Literacy Framework based on a set of comprehensive principles that honor children’s rights to excellent instruction.

    Local Literacy Plan Components

    ISD 622 Local Literacy Plan - Contact
     
    Heidi Leigh
    Elementary Curriculum, MTSS & Federal Programs Coordinator
    651-748-7472
     
    Dr. Troy Miller
    Assistant Superintendent
    651-748-7482