Since literacy is central to success in education, it’s critical that districts explore and implement effective ways of intervening when students struggle to master foundational skills. Building on Tennessee’s recent policies adopted to enhance literacy education, including purchasing HQIM, these pilot schools have committed to working through a new approach to support students in intervention settings. So that other schools can explore this approach, they are sharing their approach with the field at large through this case study.
Key Takeaways
Through this case study, school leaders will learn:
- Elements Tennessee schools already have in place, including HQIM across small-group support settings, to influence state implementation of more effective ways to serve students who need more support
- Three key shifts district and school leadership can make to facilitate this approach
- Detailed steps for implementation of more instructionally coherent academic support in early literacy
Learn more about instructional coherence in a 2023 report published by SCORE — Early Literacy Success for All Students: A Coherent Path Forward — which outlines Tennessee’s opportunity to extend the reach of adopted high-quality instructional materials in early literacy to small-group support structures like tutoring and tiered intervention.