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In March of 2004 US News & World
Report published an issue dedicated to 50 years of education after
Brown versus the Board of Education. In this issue was a
story dedicated to the success of our implementation at Beulah Heights
Elementary School in Pueblo School District 60, Pueblo,
Colorado.
Here are some of the highlights from that
article:
“…With weak basic skills,
just 13 percent of Latinos go on to college. And schools in
low-income areas are usually the least capable of turning these
statistics around.
But with the right approach, those hurdles
can be surmounted, say the educators at Beulah Heights. The
terrible test scores had shaken Pueblo school board members into
action: They hired a new superintendent, hashed out a set of academic
and social standards for which they could hold teachers and students
accountable, and invested in the Lindamood-Bell Learning system, a
sophisticated literacy program that helps teachers identify and treat
reading problems.”
“Since Beulah Heights embarked on
this program four years ago, the reading abilities of its students, as
measured on the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP), have
improved dramatically. For example, 86 percent of Beulah
Heights’ fourth graders read at the proficient or advanced
level versus only 63 percent of all fourth graders
statewide.”
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