Mount Carmel School students recently improved their performance on a national reading assessment designed to improve interdisciplinary literacy. <\/p>\n
Early in the school year\u2014from Aug. 1 through Sept. 30\u201465 percent of MCS students are already approaching, meeting, or exceeding literacy benchmarks for college and workforce readiness.<\/p>\n
The assessment was part of the school\u2019s participation in Achieve3000, a cloud-based suite of interactive readings, formative assessments, and other resources that promote differentiated instruction and interdisciplinary reading for all grade levels. <\/p>\n
In a recent report sent to the school, Achieve3000 CEO Saki Dodelson wrote that the program uses a \u201cpatented method of blended, differentiated instruction proven to dramatically accelerate reading gains for all learners.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition to showing gains on the assessment, the update from Achieve3000 commended the school for engaging almost 100 percent of students in the program. In its update, Achieve3000 noted, \u201cIn a recent study, students who completed 40 reading activities on Achieve3000 gained an average of 113 Lexile points, nearly double the expected growth norms.\u201d<\/p>\n
MCS principal Frances Taimanao was very happy with the update. \u201cWe\u2019ve been using this program for a few years now, and it\u2019s very important that our students and teachers make full use of Achieve3000\u2019s ability to improve reading skills. It\u2019s all part of a growth mindset. As long as our kids stick with it, they will continue to grow and improve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, current 6th grader Leyonne Tolentino was recognized by Achieve3000 for ranking as one of the nation\u2019s top readers two years in a row. Achieve3000 consultant Troy Akiyama even visited the school to personally congratulate Tolentino. (PR)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mount Carmel School students recently improved their performance on a national reading assessment designed to…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[15236,1181,44,15237],"class_list":["post-262647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-life","tag-leyonne-tolentino","tag-mcs","tag-study","tag-troy-akiyama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262647\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}