Closing the Literacy Gap: A Collaborative Data Based Approach for Supporting Third Grade Students in the 2022-23 School Year Katelyn Wilkerson, Ed.S. Katelyn Wilkerson is a Literacy Coach in Hanover County Public Schools in Hanover, Virginia. This is her 12th year in education. Katelyn earned her Master's in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2010, an Educational Specialist Degree in Reading from the University of Virginia in 2015, and recently an endorsement in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Richmond. She is passionate about ensuring students’ right to read and is purposeful in working with teachers to ensure students are able to lead productive literate lives.
Abstract This article analyzes the effects of the pandemic on developing readers and proposes a plan to close the expanding literacy gap through a collaborative data based approach. This step-by-step plan was written prior to the 20222023 school year. With the school year now underway, I reflect and note some of the lessons I have learned while working through the steps. While this article focuses on current third grade students, the collaborative data based approach can be applied to support any group of students reading below grade level expectations.
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Vol. 19 2022