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1. Using Data, Research To Change System Wide Reading Program
Harry T. Fogle, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent of School Management
Carroll County Public Schools
125 North Court Street
Westminster, MD 21157
htfogle@k12.carr.org
410-751-3137
410-386-1540 (Fax)
2. Sandra Feldman, AFT President "Teaching children to read is the most fundamental responsibility of the school. Research now tells us what works, but it will require changes in the way teachers are prepared to teach reading."
3. Carroll County Maryland Reading Data Four years ago Carroll County Maryland
30%+ grade 3 students 6 months or more below grade level in reading
There was no standard reading assessment system-wide.
14.6% of population identified as having a disability (IDEA eligible)
Variety of reading methodologies utilized
4. IDEA Protection
Methodology
decisions rest with the local school system.
5. Roots of Progress “Without analyzing and discussing data,
schools are unlikely to identify and solve
the problems that need attention, identify
appropriate interventions to solve those
problems, or know how they are
progressing toward achievement of
those goals."
Helen Raham, Winter 2001