READ Act
READ Act Facilitators: Tonja Peacock and Jan Gibson
303-387-5425
tmpeacock@dcsdk12.org
jgibson@dcsdk12.org
- The READ Act requires use of an interim assessment to determine whether a student has a significant reading deficiency in grades K through 3.
- Douglas County School District neighborhood schools use i-Ready as their approved READ Act interim and diagnostic assessment tool.
- Douglas County School District aligns support plans for students (IEPs, ELLPs, ALPs, READ Plans, etc). The plans remain separate documents, but connected through aligned goals and interventions.
About the Colorado READ Act
The Colorado Reading to Ensure Academic Development Act (Colorado READ Act) was passed by the Colorado legislature in 2012, giving the state the guiding philosophy, structure and resources to get children reading at grade level by the time they enter the fourth grade.
- Learn more about the READ Act with this overview
- Frequently Asked Questions about the READ Act
- Read the READ Act legislative report
- Spanish READ Act Parent Fact Sheet
Colorado's Commitment to Early Literacy
The ability to read is perhaps the most important skill we can teach in school.
The READ Act creates a system to identify students experiencing challenges with reading, to engage parents in the development of reading improvement plans and to provide quality support for those most at risk.
By challenging our state to move more students toward grade-level proficiency in reading, we believe collectively we can increase overall student achievement here in Colorado. Early student success is a roadmap to everyone's future success. It all begins with reading.
Link to Douglas County School District's READ site
CDE READ Act Parent Resources Page
Additional CDE Parent Resources
Dyslexia Resources for Parents- CDE Dyslexia Handbook
DCSD READ Act Page