Literacy Collaborative in the News

The following articles from around the U.S. highlight Literacy Collaborative schools and districts.

Bexley Schools' Literacy Collaborative Explained

Thisweeknews.com
January 19, 2006

Terry Black, principal of Montrose Elementary School in Bexley, Ohio, explains why her school system chose Literacy Collaborative. Principal Black points out that because Literacy Collaborative is a comprehensive K-6 school-reform model, teachers and students do not need to relearn different approaches to learning literacy skills each year. Students' long-term improvement of literacy skills through the Literacy Colaborative model is just as important as raising standardized test scores.

A Literacy Collaborative Extra

33 News/WYTV
Youngstown, OH

Struthers City School District in Ohio recently implemented the Literacy Collaborative program after seeing the positive impact it made in schools from the neighboring Warren City School District. Struthers Elementary reports a twenty-nine percent increase in the number of third graders passing their state achievement tests.

Literacy Program Reaps Reading Gains

The Goffstown News
April 4, 2005

This article details how the Literacy Collaborative program has improved the literacy skills of elementary school students in the Goffstown School District of New Hampshire. Ninety percent of second graders performed at or above grade level in 2004, up from 66 percent in 2002. Officials say this is especially impressive considering the diverse kindergarten experiences of Goffstown students because kindergarten is not mandatory in the state of New Hampshire.

Rewriting the Book on Literacy

www.scholastic.com
March 2004

Ann Arbor School District in Michigan implemented the Literacy Collaborative model in 2000 to close the the gap between African-American and white students on reading test scores. School officials credit Literacy Collaborative for bringing a uniform method to teaching literacy skills, and reducing the achievement gap between African-American and white students from about 30 percent to less than 10 percent.