How is reading instruction being guided by district and building leaders for best success of students?
At which grade levels is what specific reading instruction being implemented district wide?
What are grade level reading goals for students and how are those being measured?
When students are not meeting grade level goals, what intensive interventions are being implemented and at what rate of success?
History of State Reading Assessment Scores for Auburn-Washburn
Auburn-Washburn District Librarians
History of Library Book Circulation in USD 437]
District wide circulation statistics (2014-present)
2014 -15 - district wide library book circulation over 300,000 items, first year with part-time library clerks vs. full time clerk support
Spring 2018 - Accelerated Reader K-8 ended
Fall 2018 - No AR, library book circulation declined to just over 215,000 items
Spring 2018 - Covid
2019-20 - Full year Covid restrictions, library book circulation under 90,000 items, elementary librarians seeing all students every week
2020-21 - Masks 1/2 year, elementary librarians continue without flex week seeing all students every week
2022-23 - nearly 175,000 library books circulated
Reading Instruction Experts:
Donalyn Miller, the Book Whisperer
Kelly Gallagher: Building Deeper Readers & Writers