The Harford County Board of Education approved the pilot of the Benchmark Education Company and the program, Benchmark Advance for select elementary schools during the 2023-24 school year.
Here are the stories of four schools and how they are teaching the youngest students how to read. The schools are among the 70 lowest-performing in the state. They are sharing in $50 million in extra funding that settled a lawsuit accusing the state of failing to teach literacy.