NSD sees result in literacy strategy

Northland School Division is reporting results three years into its division-wide literacy initiative. Gail Sajo, literacy supervisor, told the board at the end of June that both long-term and short-term student growth has occurred. Since October 2013, the number of students reading at grade level in Grades 1-8 has increased by 19 per cent. Sajo said, “We are pleased to see a large majority of students are achieving a year’s growth or more when it comes to reading comprehension.” Superintendent Donna Barrett said the division goal of 10 per cent increase in the number of students reading at grade level from June 2014 to June 2015 was not met, but there was a steady growth from year one to three.