Reviews on Advanced Benchmark Reading Curriculum Grade 2

Two first grade girls read a large book outside.
First grade students at Asbury Uncomplicated wait at "big books" outside to practice reading. Asbury is one of many Denver schools that use the Benchmark Advance and Adelante reading programs.
Desarie Kennedy

Denver says this reading curriculum supports English learners. But the state says information technology's not based on science and has to go

Ii-thirds of Denver schools use at least one reading curriculum in kindergarten through third grade that doesn't meet new state requirements.

That ways Colorado's largest district may have to overhaul its reading curriculum to comply with state law — a sweeping task made more complicated by a court agreement on how Denver serves English learners.

Past far the most common state-rejected curriculums in Denver schools are Benchmark Advance and Criterion Adelante, its Spanish-language counterpart. More than half of elementary and K-8 schools use the 2018 version of one or both programs, with some students at more than 50 schools learning to read in Castilian then gradually transitioning to reading in English.

Land reviews found the two Criterion programs don't marshal with inquiry on how children learn to read, just district leaders say the products are amongst the few available options that satisfy its obligation to provide equivalent materials in English language and Spanish.

"We're legally required to have curriculum available in Spanish and English," and it must offer comparable content and quality, said Nadia Madan Morrow, the district'due south executive director for multicultural education.

That puts Denver in a uniquely thorny position — bound past a 2019 country police meant to boost Colorado's dismal reading proficiency rates and a much older federal courtroom agreement intended to ensure Denver's English learners are well-served across all grades and subjects.

Floyd Cobb, the Colorado Department of Education'south executive manager of teaching and learning, said by email that the department "will piece of work directly with Denver Public Schools on this situation … DPS, like all districts, needs to employ a scientifically or evidence-based programs in reading."

A courtroom monitor and plaintiffs in the case oversee Denver's efforts to serve English learners based on criteria spelled out in a consent decree. Meanwhile, the state's plan for rooting out poor reading curriculum is less concrete, with no gear up deadline for schools to replace programs the land has rejected.

Nonetheless, state officials have warned that districts could face lower state accreditation ratings if they don't make a skilful-faith try to comply with the new curriculum rule.

Some teachers say it's beyond time for Benchmark to go. Troy Hubbell, a former elementary special education teacher at Denver'south Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy, said many of his students came to him years behind in reading non because they had severe learning disabilities, just because Benchmark Accelerate didn't properly cover reading basics similar phonics and phonological awareness — the ability to hear and manipulate sounds in spoken communication.

"Most every kid I saw had tremendous holes in both those areas," he said.

What English learners demand

But Madan Morrow said the state'southward focus on reading curriculum backed past science doesn't adequately consider the needs of English learners. In Denver, that'due south a lot of students — almost 29,000 or about one-third of the student torso. Near of them speak Castilian as their commencement linguistic communication.

A teacher sits at a table with two girls. They look at a paper on the table.
In this 2010 file photograph, a teacher works with 6-year-old students in an English language linguistic communication acquisition form at Denver'due south Cole Arts & Scientific discipline Academy.
Andy Cantankerous / The Denver Postal service

"I'yard not trying to say science of reading research is bad, but it wasn't conducted on multilingual learners," Madan Morrow said.

The "scientific discipline of reading" refers to a large body of research on how children larn to read. One key finding is that explicit, systematic phonics helps build skilled readers. In other words, teachers must straight and methodically teach children the connection between letter combinations and sounds. Experts as well agree that phonics instruction on its own isn't enough.

But some fear that other critical elements for students learning English, like comprehension skills and vocabulary building, are being neglected.

Kathy Escamilla, an education professor at the University of Colorado Boulder and a plaintiff in the English learner instance, said "it's non plenty to take a monolingual view of reading instruction, use information technology wholesale without considering unique needs and strengths of 2d-linguistic communication learners and so expect to have equal outcomes."

She's likewise concerned about how few Spanish programs accept made the country's approved listing. Currently, the list includes only two Spanish core programs — Maravillas and Arriba la Lectura — compared with ten English language-language programs. Reviews of 3 other Spanish-language core reading programs are delayed.

"People at the land don't know that they're inadvertently undermining the ability of districts to implement solid bilingual programs, and that's a shame," Escamilla said.

Prioritizing reading in a pandemic

While near educators agree that well-trained teachers are the nigh critical part of the reading equation, they say high-quality curriculum can help. A 2019 law meant to strengthen the state'southward 2012 reading law — the READ Human activity — seeks to use both levers to get more kids reading at form level.

In the 92,000-educatee Denver district, merely 39% of third-graders met state standards on Colorado's 2019 literacy test, which includes reading and writing. That'south a flake lower than the state boilerplate of 41%, though Denver shell the land boilerplate on a measure out that reflects student growth from year to year. In addition, Denver'southward English learners do better on standardized literacy tests than practice their peers effectually the state.

Krista Spurgin, executive managing director of the instruction advocacy group Stand up For Children, said she wants to see bold leadership from the state pedagogy section as well as local leaders on reading curriculum oversight.

"There's an opportunity for the Denver school board, I recollect all school boards … to dig in and understand how their READ Human activity dollars are existence spent," she said. "If they're not seeing results now on what they're using, at present would be a expert time to shift."

She said districts should also classify funding for teacher training and support later on curriculum switches.

Each year, Colorado districts receive a chunk of state money earmarked to help struggling readers. Last year, Denver got nigh $2.vii million. That amount isn't plenty for an all-embracing curriculum purchase in such a large district, only could defray the costs.

"The other matter I would say is yeah, nosotros're in a pandemic, we're in a crunch," Spurgin said. "So, let's budget our priorities, and if kids reading isn't a priority, and then nosotros are all misaligned to what we're supposed to exist doing."

Local control landscape

Denver district officials and charter schoolhouse leaders report using dozens of dissimilar cadre reading programs in their schools — a level of variation found in other big Colorado districts that emphasize school autonomy, including neighboring Jeffco.

Like Benchmark Accelerate and Adelante, the EL Instruction program is used in a majority of Denver schools, most frequently starting in tertiary grade. Although the curriculum does not come in a Castilian version, Denver has produced Castilian materials that match up.

Sarah Tilton, a literacy intervention teacher and last year a third grade instructor at the simple school Trevista at Horace Isle of man, said she likes using EL Instruction, in part for its high-quality books, and said the commune has done a good job providing well-researched corresponding Castilian materials.

The problem for Denver — and other districts that use EL Education in 3rd grade — is that the state approved the program only for use in kindergarten through second grade, not tertiary. State officials said districts using canonical curriculum in not-canonical grades volition accept to switch for those grades. It'due south not articulate if any flexibility will be immune — or how the land will enforce the requirement.

State instruction officials say the department won't create "a comprehensive programme for how to back up" districts that demand to make curriculum changes until after districts plough in school-by-school curriculum lists on April fifteen.

More than a dozen Denver schools, including 9 lease schools, use a well-regarded curriculum approved for all M-3 grades chosen Core Knowledge Linguistic communication Arts. Like EL Education, experts praise Cadre Knowledge for its accent on building content knowledge, an important chemical element for all children, merely especially English learners and children who come from low-income families.

Other fully approved cadre curriculums used in some Denver schools include Wonders, its Spanish-language counterpart, Maravillas, and Open Court Reading.

More than a dozen Denver schools utilise country-rejected programs besides Criterion, including one commonly called Lucy Calkins and a Colorado-grown early childhood curriculum chosen Tools of the Mind.

In addition to the state's eventual monitoring of reading curriculum in districts statewide, Denver faces carve up intermittent evaluations to determine if its English and Spanish materials are comparable.

In 2018, the courtroom monitor in the English learner case praised the district's effort to ensure parity, including in elementary reading materials. Currently, a group of plaintiffs in the example — the Congress of Hispanic Educators — is conducting a full curriculum audit. Escamilla, who is leading the inspect, said the grouping will likely release findings on elementary curriculum in Jan.

How teachers see Benchmark

Opinions about Benchmark Advance and Adelante range widely. Some teachers say they like many of the programs' components and note that the district has beefed up weak spots by developing additional reading lessons and materials in-house. Others say some components of the programs aren't backed by science, don't cover fundamentals thoroughly, and include books that 1 teacher described as "cartoony, not-genuine factory literature."

"I don't dear it," said Valdez Simple teacher Jennifer Wiltse, of Criterion Advance.

Formerly a reading intervention teacher who mainly used special programs targeting struggling readers, this twelvemonth Wiltse is didactics first grade.

"I'm somewhat grateful that I have it because otherwise I'd be trying to invent information technology," she said. At the same fourth dimension, "it jumps effectually a lot and is non cohesive."

Two showtime-graders at Asbury Uncomplicated in Denver work on reading "big books."
Desarie Kennedy

Hubbell, who's now a special education teacher in the Adams 12 district, said while many of his Denver students made upwards a lot of basis with the help of the highly structured phonics-heavy intervention program he used, they'd already missed years of grade-level reading and vocabulary.

"I got kids that never should have needed me who will probably never take hold of up, and I defy anyone to look me in the face up and say that's OK," he said.

Some teachers are satisfied with Benchmark and worry almost the cost and disruption of switching to something new.

Lisa Williams, who teaches first form remotely to Spanish-speaking students from 5 Southwest Denver schools, said she thinks the Criterion materials coordinate well and give students lots of opportunities to see and practice new words and skills. She agreed that the program's books aren't ever the best, but said the district's curriculum team has added high-quality options in supplemental lessons.

Williams said she doesn't desire the district to switch away from Benchmark.

"I feel like we've done and so much jumping around as it is," she said.

The new version of Benchmark

Terminal yr, Benchmark Education submitted its latest version of Advance — the 2021 edition — for review in Colorado. The new version had undergone major revisions from the 2018 version, with Wiley Blevins, a phonics expert and writer, leading the evolution of its foundational skills components.

In April, state reviewers rejected the 2021 version of Benchmark Advance, but later the company submitted clarifications in several areas, the state approved it in June for kindergarten through second grade. Visitor officials say the 2021 version includes enhanced explicit phonics, daily phonics intervention options, and new trade books — the kind of books found in libraries and bookstores.

A national curriculum reviewer, EdReports, concluded that the 2018 and 2021 versions of Criterion Advance "partially meet expectations," with both versions earning mediocre scores for edifice educatee knowledge. EdReports doesn't review Spanish-language curriculum.

Benchmark doesn't plan to submit its revised version of Adelante — the 2022 edition — for approval in Colorado until the state'south next reading curriculum review cycle. That will start next fall and finish in spring 2022. That means even if Denver bought the canonical 2021 edition of Criterion Accelerate, there's currently no canonical Spanish version to go with it.

Caitlin Mohl, who teaches first grade English learners at Swansea Elementary School, was on the district'southward curriculum review commission when Benchmark Accelerate and Adelante were adopted in 2016.

She said the committee considered a handful of curriculums at the time and Benchmark checked the almost boxes. Information technology had fairly solid coverage of foundational skills, alignment to state standards, and English-Spanish parity.

After looking at the state'southward evaluation of Benchmark Adelante, Mohl argued that some criteria and reviewer comments don't make sense for Spanish-language reading curriculums since Spanish sounds and spelling are more consequent than in English. Country officials used the same criteria for all curriculums reviews.

Mohl, like many educators, also said the famine of Spanish materials on the marketplace is a large problem. During the commune's review process, she said the publisher of ane reading program said it didn't take annihilation available in Spanish, merely planned to unveil something soon.

"You just can't take that kind of risk," she said.

This story was produced with support from the Education Writers Association Reporting Fellowship plan.


Search for a Denver schoolhouse below to find out what core reading curriculum information technology uses in kindergarten through 3rd class and whether that program has been approved by the state. A core plan is a comprehensive instructional program designed to teach all children in a classroom.

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Expect up Denver K-iii reading curriculum by schoolhouse

School Core reading curriculum Approving Status
Schoolhouse Core reading curriculum Approval Status
DCIS at Ford 95% Group Approved as supplemental or intervention plan
KIPP Sunshine Meridian Unproblematic (C) ARC Core Not approved
Cole Arts and Science Academy Benchmark Adelante 2018 No
Green Valley Uncomplicated School Criterion Adelante 2018 No
Gust Elementary Schoolhouse Benchmark Adelante 2018 No
Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy Benchmark Adelante 2018 No
Oakland Uncomplicated Criterion Adelante 2018 No
Stedman Elementary School Benchmark Adelante 2018 No
Eagleton Unproblematic School Benchmark Adelante 2018 No
Schmitt Unproblematic Schoolhouse Benchmark Adelante 2018 (course ii) No
Beach Court Elementary Schoolhouse Criterion Adelante 2018 (grade 3) No
Charles M. Schenck Customs Schoolhouse Criterion Adelante 2018 (class K-2) No
Asbury Uncomplicated School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grade K) No
Brown International University Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grade 1000) No
Columbian Elementary School Criterion Adelante 2018 (grade Yard) No
Dora Moore ECE-8 School Criterion Adelante 2018 (grade K) No
Doull Elementary Schoolhouse Criterion Adelante 2018 (class K) No
Edison Elementary School Criterion Adelante 2018 (grade K) No
Fairview Elementary School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grade K) No
Force Elementary School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (course K) No
Garden Place Academy Benchmark Adelante 2018 (course K) No
Grant Ranch ECE-8 Schoolhouse Criterion Adelante 2018 (grade K) No
Hallett Academy Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grade K) No
Holm Unproblematic Schoolhouse Criterion Adelante 2018 (grade K) No
Kaiser Elementary School Criterion Adelante 2018 (class K) No
Lincoln Simple School Criterion Adelante 2018 (form K) No
Marie L. Greenwood University Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grade K) No
Marrama Uncomplicated School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (form Grand) No
McGlone Academy Benchmark Adelante 2018 (class Yard) No
Newlon Simple School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (class Grand) No
Palmer Elementary School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (form M) No
University Park Unproblematic School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grade K) No
Whittier ECE-8 School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grade Thou) No
William (Bill) Roberts ECE-eight School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (course Thou) No
Steck Elementary School Criterion Adelante 2018 (grade K) No
Barnum Elementary School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades 1-2) No
College View Unproblematic School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades 1-two) No
Cowell Uncomplicated School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades 1-2) No
Lena Archuleta Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades one-3) No
Bryant Webster Dual Language ECE-8 Schoolhouse Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades Yard-ii) No
Castro Elementary School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades Thousand-2) No
Colfax Simple Schoolhouse Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades M-2) No
Ellis Unproblematic School Criterion Adelante 2018 (grades K-ii) No
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades Grand-2) No
Florida Pitt-Waller ECE-8 School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades K-2) No
Godsman Uncomplicated School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades K-2) No
Goldrick Elementary Schoolhouse Criterion Adelante 2018 (grades Yard-2) No
John H. Amesse Elementary Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades K-ii) No
Johnson Simple School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades K-2) No
Knapp Elementary School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades K-2) No
Mathematics and Science Leadership Academy Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades 1000-2) No
McMeen Elementary School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades K-2) No
Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades K-ii) No
Munroe Elementary School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades K-ii) No
Sabin World School Criterion Adelante 2018 (grades K-2) No
Swansea Elementary School Criterion Adelante 2018 (grades K-2) No
Traylor Academy Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades K-2) No
Valdez Uncomplicated School Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades K-2) No
Valverde Elementary Schoolhouse Benchmark Adelante 2018 (grades M-2) No
Stedman Elementary School Benchmark Advance 20018 No
Eagleton Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 No
Green Valley Unproblematic Schoolhouse Benchmark Advance 2018 No
Gust Uncomplicated School Criterion Accelerate 2018 No
Kunsmiller Creative Arts University Benchmark Advance 2018 No
Marie L. Greenwood Academy Benchmark Accelerate 2018 No
Oakland Elementary Benchmark Advance 2018 No
Cowell Unproblematic School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grade 1-two) No
Charles 1000. Schenck Community Schoolhouse Benchmark Accelerate 2018 (grade 2) No
Barnum Elementary School Benchmark Accelerate 2018 (grades 1-2) No
Higher View Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades 1-ii) No
Lowry Unproblematic School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades ane-2) No
Schmitt Elementary School Criterion Advance 2018 (grades 1-2) No
Lena Archuleta Benchmark Accelerate 2018 (grades 1-3) No
Asbury Elementary School Criterion Advance 2018 (grades K-1) No
University 360 (C) Criterion Advance 2018 (grades K-1) No
Brownish International Academy Benchmark Accelerate 2018 (grades Chiliad-2) No
Castro Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades Chiliad-two) No
Colfax Elementary Schoolhouse Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-2) No
Columbian Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-2) No
Dora Moore ECE-8 School Criterion Advance 2018 (grades K-two) No
Doull Elementary School Benchmark Accelerate 2018 (grades G-2) No
Edison Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-2) No
Ellis Uncomplicated School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades Grand-ii) No
Fairview Elementary Schoolhouse Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades G-two) No
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades Chiliad-2) No
Florida Pitt-Waller ECE-8 School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades One thousand-2) No
Force Simple School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-2) No
Garden Place University Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades Thousand-2) No
Godsman Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades One thousand-ii) No
Goldrick Elementary School Criterion Advance 2018 (grades K-ii) No
Grant Ranch ECE-8 School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-2) No
Hallett Academy Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades Thousand-two) No
Holm Simple School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades Chiliad-2) No
John H. Amesse Elementary Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades One thousand-2) No
Johnson Simple Schoolhouse Benchmark Accelerate 2018 (grades K-2) No
Kaiser Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades G-2) No
Knapp Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades Yard-ii) No
Lincoln Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades Yard-ii) No
Marrama Unproblematic School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-2) No
Mathematics and Science Leadership Academy Benchmark Accelerate 2018 (grades G-2) No
McGlone Academy Benchmark Accelerate 2018 (grades K-two) No
McMeen Uncomplicated School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-2) No
Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-ii) No
Munroe Uncomplicated School Criterion Accelerate 2018 (grades K-2) No
Newlon Elementary School Criterion Accelerate 2018 (grades K-two) No
Palmer Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-ii) No
Sabin World Schoolhouse Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades One thousand-2) No
Steck Elementary School Benchmark Accelerate 2018 (grades G-2) No
Swansea Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades 1000-2) No
Traylor Academy Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-2) No
University Park Elementary Schoolhouse Criterion Advance 2018 (grades G-2) No
Valdez Elementary School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades One thousand-2) No
Valverde Elementary Schoolhouse Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-2) No
Whittier ECE-8 School Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades K-2) No
William (Bill) Roberts ECE-8 Schoolhouse Benchmark Advance 2018 (grades Chiliad-two) No
Denver Linguistic communication School (C) Improve Immersion (from BetterChinese) Not reviewed
Center for Talent Development at Greenlee Cadre Cognition Language Arts Yes
Cole Arts and Scientific discipline Academy Core Noesis Language Arts Yes
College View Elementary School Core Cognition Language Arts Yes
Wyatt Academy (C) Core Noesis Language Arts Yes
STRIVE Prep - Ruby-red Colina (C) Core Knowledge Language Arts Aye
Steele Elementary School Core Knowledge Language Arts (grade ane) Yes
Highline Academy Northeast (C) Core Knowledge Language Arts (form 3) Yeah
Highline University Southeast (C) Cadre Noesis Language Arts (class 3) Aye
Steck Elementary Schoolhouse Core Cognition Language Arts (grades 1-3) Yes
Sabin Earth School Cadre Knowledge Language Arts (grades 1-three) Yeah
Academy Prep - Arapahoe St. (C) Cadre Cognition Language Arts (grades K-two) Yes
University Prep - Steele St. (C) Core Cognition Language Arts (grades K-two) Yes
Rocky Mountain Prep: Berkeley (C) Core Knowledge Language Arts foundational skills Yes
Rocky Mountain Prep: Creekside (C) Core Knowledge Language Arts foundational skills Yes
Rocky Mount Prep: Southwest (C) Cadre Knowledge Linguistic communication Arts foundational skills Yes
Grant Ranch ECE-viii School E.L. Accomplish (grade three) Non reviewed
Montclair School of Academics and Enrichment E.50. Achieve (class iii) Not reviewed
Columbian Unproblematic School EL Achieve (course 3) Not reviewed
Joe Shoemaker School EL Education Approved for some grades
Rocky Mountain Prep: Berkeley (C) EL Education Approved for some grades
Rocky Mountain Prep: Creekside (C) EL Education Approved for some grades
Rocky Mountain Prep: Southwest (C) EL Didactics Approved for some grades
STRIVE Prep - Ruby Colina (C) EL Education Approved for some grades
Bromwell Simple School EL Instruction Approved for some grades
Columbine Uncomplicated School EL Education Approved for some grades
Inspire Simple EL Education Approved for some grades
Isabella Bird Community Schoolhouse EL Instruction Approved for some grades
McKinley-Thatcher Elementary School EL Education Approved for some grades
Slavens K-viii School EL Education Approved for some grades
Trevista at Horace Isle of man EL Pedagogy Canonical for some grades
Westerly Creek Elementary EL Education Canonical for some grades
Downtown Denver Expeditionary School (C) EL Education Approved for some grades
Odyssey School of Denver (C) EL Education Approved for some grades
Omar D Blair Lease School (C) EL Education Approved for some grades
Asbury Simple Schoolhouse EL Didactics (grade 2-iii) Approved for some grades
Barnum Unproblematic School EL Didactics (course 3) Approved for some grades
Chocolate-brown International Academy EL Instruction (class iii) Canonical for some grades
Bryant Webster Dual Language ECE-8 School EL Education (grade 3) Approved for some grades
Castro Elementary School EL Education (form iii) Approved for some grades
Charles K. Schenck Community Schoolhouse EL Education (class 3) Canonical for some grades
Colfax Uncomplicated School EL Education (class 3) Approved for some grades
College View Uncomplicated School EL Education (grade 3) Approved for some grades
Cory Elementary Schoolhouse EL Education (course 3) Canonical for some grades
Cowell Elementary School EL Education (course 3) Approved for some grades
Creativity Claiming Community EL Educational activity (course 3) Approved for some grades
DCIS at Ford EL Educational activity (grade 3) Approved for some grades
Dora Moore ECE-8 School EL Instruction (form 3) Approved for some grades
Doull Unproblematic School EL Education (grade 3) Approved for some grades
Edison Elementary School EL Didactics (grade iii) Canonical for some grades
Ellis Elementary School EL Education (grade 3) Approved for some grades
Fairview Uncomplicated School EL Education (form 3) Approved for some grades
Farrell B. Howell ECE-8 Schoolhouse EL Education (form 3) Approved for some grades
Florida Pitt-Waller ECE-8 School EL Educational activity (grade 3) Approved for some grades
Force Unproblematic School EL Education (course three) Approved for some grades
Garden Place University EL Education (form 3) Approved for some grades
Godsman Elementary Schoolhouse EL Education (form 3) Canonical for some grades
Goldrick Elementary School EL Educational activity (class iii) Approved for some grades
Hallett Academy EL Education (grade 3) Approved for some grades
Holm Elementary School EL Instruction (class iii) Approved for some grades
John H. Amesse Simple EL Education (form 3) Approved for some grades
Johnson Unproblematic Schoolhouse EL Education (grade three) Approved for some grades
Kaiser Elementary School EL Pedagogy (form 3) Canonical for some grades
Knapp Uncomplicated Schoolhouse EL Education (class three) Approved for some grades
Lincoln Uncomplicated School EL Education (grade iii) Approved for some grades
Lowry Uncomplicated School EL Education (grade 3) Approved for some grades
Marrama Unproblematic Schoolhouse EL Education (grade three) Approved for some grades
Mathematics and Science Leadership University EL Education (course three) Approved for some grades
McGlone University EL Education (grade 3) Approved for some grades
McMeen Uncomplicated School EL Education (grade 3) Canonical for some grades
Munroe Elementary School EL Education (grade 3) Canonical for some grades
Newlon Unproblematic Schoolhouse EL Educational activity (course three) Canonical for some grades
Palmer Elementary School EL Didactics (class 3) Approved for some grades
Place Bridge Academy EL Education (course 3) Canonical for some grades
Sabin World School EL Instruction (class 3) Approved for some grades
Samuels Elementary School EL Education (grade iii) Approved for some grades
Southmoor Elementary Schoolhouse EL Education (course 3) Approved for some grades
Steck Elementary School EL Education (class 3) Approved for some grades
Stedman Elementary Schoolhouse EL Didactics (grade three) Approved for some grades
Swansea Elementary School EL Education (course iii) Approved for some grades
Traylor Academy EL Education (course 3) Approved for some grades
University Park Unproblematic School EL Didactics (grade iii) Approved for some grades
Valdez Elementary Schoolhouse EL Education (grade 3) Approved for some grades
Valverde Uncomplicated Schoolhouse EL Teaching (grade three) Approved for some grades
Whittier ECE-eight School EL Education (grade 3) Approved for some grades
William (Pecker) Roberts ECE-8 Schoolhouse EL Pedagogy (form 3) Approved for some grades
Denver Language School (C) EL Education (grade iii) Approved for some grades
Cheltenham Simple School EL Education (grade 3) Approved for some grades
Schmitt Elementary Schoolhouse EL Pedagogy (grade iii) Canonical for some grades
Carson Unproblematic School EL Education (grades one-3) Approved for some grades
Beach Court Elementary Schoolhouse EL Educational activity (grades 2-iii) Approved for some grades
Academy 360 (C) EL Education (grades 2-three) Approved for some grades
Centennial, A Schoolhouse for Expeditionary Learning EL Education (grades K-three) Approved for some grades
Steele Uncomplicated School EL Education (grades G-3) Approved for some grades
Beach Court Simple School EL Skills Cake (grades K-ii) Canonical for some grades
Centennial, A School for Expeditionary Learning EL Skills Block (grades K-2) Approved for some grades
Stedman Unproblematic Schoolhouse Estrellita Review awaiting
KIPP Sunshine Tiptop Simple (C) Estrellita (grades 1-two) Review pending
Denver Center For International Studies at Fairmont Fountas and Pinnell Phonics No
McKinley-Thatcher Elementary School Fountas and Pinnell Phonics No
Isabella Bird Community School Fundations Canonical as supplemental or intervention program
Denver Language School (C) Fundations (grade 3) Approved as supplemental or intervention plan
Teller Elementary School Genre Report Not reviewed
Polaris Genre Study (form 1-three) Not reviewed
Carson Elementary Schoolhouse Genre Study (course Grand) Non reviewed
Park Hill School Guided Reading Plus Not reviewed
Swigert International School Guided Reading Plus No
Willow Elementary Schoolhouse Imagine It Not reviewed
Denver Language Schoolhouse (C) Level Chinese Non reviewed
Park Hill School Leveled Literacy Intervention No
DCIS at Ford Life Long Readers Not reviewed
Park Hill School Literacy Footprints Not reviewed
Denver Heart For International Studies at Fairmont Lucy Calkins No
Doull Elementary School Lucy Calkins No
Eagleton Elementary Schoolhouse Lucy Calkins No
Maxwell Elementary School Lucy Calkins No
Bromwell Unproblematic Schoolhouse Lucy Calkins (form K) No
Creativity Challenge Community Lucy Calkins (grades K-2) No
Slavens Yard-8 School Lucy Calkins (grades G-2) No
Cheltenham Simple Schoolhouse Making Meaning (grade K-two) Not reviewed
Smith Simple School Maravillas 2017 Approved for some grades
International Academy of Denver at Harrington Maravillas 2017 Approved for some grades
Beach Courtroom Elementary School Maravillas 2017 (course 3) Approved for some grades
Godsman Uncomplicated School Maravillas 2017 (grade 3) Canonical for some grades
Identify Bridge Academy Maravillas 2017 (grade K-2) Approved for some grades
Monarch Montessori (C) Maravillas 2020 Yes
Denver Language School (C) Maravillas 2020 Yes
Samuels Elementary School Mondo (cadre curriculum) (grades K-2) Not reviewed
Academia Ana Marie Sandoval Montessori Reading Curriculum Not reviewed
Denison Montessori School Montessori Total Curriculum Not reviewed
Willow Uncomplicated School Novel Studies (grade 3) Non reviewed
KIPP Northeast Unproblematic (C) Open up Court Yeah
KIPP Sunshine Peak Unproblematic (C) Open Court Yes
Monarch Montessori (C) Open Court Yep
Swigert International School Orton-Gillingham Canonical every bit supplemental or intervention program
Bromwell Elementary School Orton-Gillingham (grade K) Approved as supplemental or intervention program
Cory Elementary Schoolhouse Orton-Gillingham (grades K-2) Approved as supplemental or intervention program
KIPP Sunshine Superlative Elementary (C) Palabras a Su Paso (grades 1-2) No
Highline University Northeast (C) Accomplish for Reading (grades K-two) No
Highline Academy Southeast (C) Reach for Reading (grades Yard-2) No
Accomplish Charter School (C) Read Well No
Willow Elementary School Read Well (grades Yard-2) No
Bradley International School Ready Common Cadre Reading Approved as supplemental or intervention program
Trevista at Horace Mann SIPPS (Systematic Educational activity in Phonological Awareness, Phonics, and Sight Words) Canonical as supplemental or intervention program
Southmoor Elementary School Superkids (grades K-two) Approved for some grades
Denver Greenish Schoolhouse Southeast Teacher-developed curriculum Not reviewed
Beach Courtroom Elementary School Tools of the Listen (grades Yard-1) No
Barnum Elementary Schoolhouse Tools of the Mind (grade K) No
College View Elementary School Tools of the Mind (class Yard) No
Cowell Uncomplicated School Tools of the Mind (course K) No
Lowry Unproblematic Schoolhouse Tools of the Listen (form Thousand) No
Schmitt Elementary Schoolhouse Tools of the MInd (grades K-one) No
Ashley Elementary School Wit and Wisdom Canonical as supplemental or intervention program
KIPP Northeast Elementary (C) Wit and Wisdom Approved as supplemental or intervention program
Academy Prep - Arapahoe St. (C) Wit and Wisdom Approved as supplemental or intervention program
University Prep - Steele St. (C) Wit and Wisdom Approved every bit supplemental or intervention plan
Park Hill School Wonders 2017 Canonical for some grades
International University of Denver at Harrington Wonders 2017 Yep
Smith Unproblematic School Wonders 2017 Yes
Place Bridge University Wonders 2017 (grades Grand-ii) Yes

The reading programs listed are all used in K-3, unless otherwise noted in parentheses. | Charter schools are indicated by a (C) next to the schoolhouse proper noun. |  * ARC Core was not reviewed by the Colorado Department of Education in 2020, simply was reviewed and rejected in 2019. Source: Denver Public Schools; Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat

This story was produced with support from the Educational activity Writers Clan Reporting Fellowship program.

[Note: The table was updated to reflect that 95% Group is approved as a supplemental or intervention plan.]

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Source: https://co.chalkbeat.org/2020/12/14/22164235/denver-benchmark-reading-curriculum-english-learners

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