Interventions and Specialized Reading Programs

Lake Oswego School District is committed to identifying and addressing the needs of each student to understand and maximize their learning potential. Oregon law requires our schools to screen all kindergarten and first grade students for family and developmental history who have been identified as not making sufficient progress towards reading goals. The LOSD extends those screening requirements to all students in 2nd through 3rd grade and those not meeting reading benchmarks in 4th and 5th grade. These screenings are designed to give valuable information to help school staff identify students who need further evaluation in order to develop and implement reading instruction that specifically meets individual students’ needs.

Based upon screening results and additional diagnostic evaluation in the areas of phonological awareness, phonics and benchmark reading assessments, student success teams determine if a child would benefit from targeted, skill specific, supplemental reading or writing instruction. To help a child reach grade-level reading benchmarks, the following reading support may be provided in addition to, but not in place of, core reading instruction:

(1)   Small group differentiated instruction with classroom teacher

(2)   Supplemental reading intervention with reading specialist and/or Title I teacher

(3)   Additional practice/reinforcement with instructional assistant

Each child is continually monitored by their classroom teacher and literacy specialist to evaluate necessary progress and parents are informed if any changes are needed in their reading support plan.