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Early Literacy: New Jersey Reading Initiatives
Assessment and Planning Procedures for Low Performing Schools (LPS) (August 8, 2003)
Step 2
Overview The gathering and sharing of information on LEA's current, comprehensive reading program and materials and the extent of implementation at the LPS concerning the following populations:
Details
  • General Education
  • Bilingual
  • ESL
  • Special Education (self-contained, inclusion, and resource room)

This review should specify the presence or absence of all components (motivation and background knowledge, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension), and examine the curriculum's alignment to the NJCCCS.
Result The ability to make recommendations to the LEA's LPS in areas of strengths and weaknesses particular to the populations and programs cited above.