final reading growth

We officially made 1.44 years of growth in reading.

Unofficially, I feel really good about the growth we made outside of the numbers. Although Sunshine made the least growth, he is lately on fire and I feel really good about the momentum that he is gaining. I think that with the right amount of coaching next year, his growth could really soar.

There is one group of students whose growth I am less satisfied with. These are the four students who are leaving Kinder just at grade level.  One of them is N, who joined our class in January. The other three are the ones I'm feeling frustrated about. I think that some of their struggles are developmental, and perhaps they are not yet ready to read. On the other hand, all three of them struggle with short-term memory, attention, and motivation. Even with moderate to high parent involvement, they have not experienced significant growth. I am frustrated that there is a category of children that I have not yet learned how to reach. Challenge for next year, I suppose.

The majority of the class ended the year on D or above; about 90% of children are at or above grade-level. We have a lot to celebrate.