State reading assessments show jump in number of students at risk of reading failure

KENYA HUNTER
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Reading assessments for Virginia’s youngest learners show that significantly more kindergartners and first-graders are struggling to read on grade level than the year prior.
The number of kindergartners and first-graders in need of early reading intervention shot up 10% year over year, according to Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening data, a tool used by all Virginia school divisions except for Fairfax.
The PALS screening tests early learners on word recognition and spelling, along with oral reading and their understanding of the alphabet.
When students are found to be struggling, school divisions are able to deploy an array of so-called interventions funded by the state, including access to a trained reading specialist and volunteer tutors under the supervision of a teacher.

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