Reading Success Plans

Welcome to the WSD Reading Success Plan Headquarters

This is your one-stop shop for all things RSP.  Be sure to bookmark this page and come back to it often to answer all your questions regarding Reading Success Plans.  If there is anything that is not covered, contact Academic Services so it can be added right away.

Admin- Please follow the linked protocol when enrolling and assessing all students new to the Wentzville School District. When notifying these families of a new RSP qualification, please use the attached letter(s): English  Spanish

What Is An RSP?

An RSP is a well-developed and defined plan to support students who exhibit a substantial deficiency in reading. Missouri legislation (Section 167.645, RSMo) specifically addresses student literacy and lists the requirements of an RSP. The development of an RSP includes the process of gathering and analyzing student data, determining if a student has a substantial reading deficiency (SRD) or risk factors for Dyslexia, using data to set student growth goals, and assessing whether students meet those goals at the end of instruction. Students who receive an RSP must have evidence-based intervention reading instruction that is grounded in the science of reading.

Assess All Students 

1. Students in grades K-5 take the iReady diagnostic

Guidelines for administering the iReady diagnostic

2. Teachers administer offline fluency tasks

Benchmark Fluency Tasks use developmentally appropriate stimuli to determine whether a student is meeting foundational reading and fluency skills three times per year.  When administered together, the fluency tasks and Diagnostic provide teachers with perspective on students’ reading proficiency and appropriate next steps to take for instruction.  The tasks are administered by educators in a one-on-one, offline setting.  Each task is educator-scored and yields different performance-level results.  Literacy task scores are collected into iReady Connect for analysis and reporting.  

The Fluency Tasks that will be required throughout the year in grades K-5 include:

• Rapid Automatized Naming - Objects

• Letter Naming Fluency - Mixed Case Letters

• Pseudoword Decoding Fluency

• Passage Reading Fluency

Follow the links below to know what tasks are required for each grade at what times of the year.

Literacy Tasks for Fluency

Gather and Analyze Student Data

1. Diagnostic Results and Offline Fluency Tasks are analyzed with guidance from a partnership between DESE and iReady to determine students who are demonstrating evidence of reading difficulties.  The areas of difficulty to be reported on are Phonological Awareness, Phonics, Fluency, Vocabulary, and Comprehension.  Lexile Measures are reported as well.

2. In compliance with (Section 167.645, RSMo) SB 681 iReady reports this data to DESE twice a year (fall and spring). 

There are three ways in which students scores are analyzed to determine if a student qualifies for a Reading Success Plan:

1. Lexile Score

2. Combination of Diagnostic Domains and Fluency Task Scores

3. Risk Factors for Dyslexia Screening 

Only new students in grades K-5 are identified MOY for an RSP. Please reach out if you have any questions about determining if newly enrolled students qualify for an RSP. 

Updated qualification information for the 2025-2026 school year! 

Please note changes to how current WSD students qualify in 4th and 5th grade.