How Freehold Township School District achieved significant reading growth in one school year with Newsela ELA


Reading scores were down as a result of the pandemic at Freehold Township School District in New Jersey. Freehold launched an ambitious district-wide initiative to focus on building literacy skills in every subject. They used Newsela ELA to infuse literacy skills practice in every subject to drive reading growth.

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Key Takeaways

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Make literacy a collective goal for all educators and practice literacy skills in every subject area, not just ELA, for greater reading growth.
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Incorporate informational texts into lessons wherever possible to expose students to the types of complex texts they’ll see in other subjects and in the real world.
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Make literacy skills practice easy for teachers with curated texts and activities aligned to state ELA standards.