WCVB NewsCenter 5: Massachusetts schools still trying to make up for literacy gaps opened by the pandemic
Posted on: September 19, 2024
Salem sparks new approach: reaching kids before they’re in the classroom
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In 2019, 8 percent of Massachusetts third graders did not meet reading expectations on the reading MCAS. In 2023, post-pandemic, that doubled to 16%.
In Salem, this challenge sparked a new approach: reach kids before they’re even in the classroom.
“We immediately went to the drawing board and said, ‘Where should our strategic priorities be?'” said Kate Carbone, Salem Public Schools Deputy Superintendent.
