1. Updates to North Carolina Read to Achieve September 27, 2015

2. Personalized Education Plans No longer a requirement of the Excellent Public Schools Act Not required, but not prohibited HB 237 Must identify students at risk for academic failure and not successfully progressing toward grade promotion and graduation

3. Reading Camps Addition of first and second graders “Demonstrates reading comprehension below grade level as identified through administration of formative and diagnostic assessments” Attendance encouraged Parents have final decision about attendance

4. Accountability Number and percentage of first graders not demonstrating reading comprehension at grade level Number and percentage of second graders not demonstrating reading comprehension at grade level Report to State Board of Education and General Assembly

5. Revised RtA Guidebook Changes –PEP requirement and suggested forms removed –RtI information replaced with MTSS information –KEA information/dates updated

6. Good Cause Exemptions LEP students –Less than 2 school years of instruction in ESL –July 1, 2014

7. Portfolios Hard copy passages have not been shipped from NCTOPS Waiting for close of General Assembly session Currently, the 2015-16 portfolio will be the same as last year Instructional passages – the same Assessment passages are 2014-15 selections plus 5 per standard from reading camp Cannot use assessment passages for instruction

8. Written Response to Texts New written response to text prompts for books in TRC All teachers MUST review a video before assessing children in TRC at BOY New rubric and exemplars developed as a guide Completely aligned to standards

9. Parent Resources Parent brochures (purchased from the Communications division at DPI) in English or Spanish Parent narrated powerpoint Parent livebinder http://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=1326906

10. Livebinders Read to Achieve http://www.livebinders.com/play/play/850102 –Parent –Principal –Written Response to Texts –Big Ideas in Beginning Reading –Reading Camp

12. Contact Information Carolyn Guthrie carolyn.guthrie@dpi.nc.gov 919-807-3762