Kentucky Department of Education

 

Literacy - Instruction and Targeted Intervention

Last Updated on Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 10:00 PM

The school's instructional program actively engages all students by using effective, varied, and research-based literacy practices to improve student academic performance in literacy. The school also designs a support structure for students who need more intensive instruction.

 

Literacy PERKS - Instruction and Targeted Intervention
Literacy PERKS (Program Effectiveness Review For Kentucky Schools) is designed for use by school, district, and state-level reviewers.  At the school level, the best use of Literacy PERKS occurs when Literacy Team members complete the review and use the results to develop a schoolwide literacy plan. Below are two sets of ... More


 

Literacy PERKS - Instruction and Targeted Intervention Videos
The following videos include interviews with local school district staff about using PERKS documents and implementing literacy initiatives.  You may download individual videos or if you reside in Kentucky, you may order a free CD-ROM of all the literacy videos from the KDE On-Line Bookstore. Instructions for downloading:We have offered a choice of formats, either QuickTime ... More


 

Literacy-Multiple Assessments
Multiple Assessments - The school utilizes multiple evaluation and assessment strategies in literacy to continuously monitor and modify literacy instruction to meet student needs and support proficient student work in literacy.


 

Literacy-Student Reading Materials
This site includes reading lists by interest and age levels as well as a list of interviews with authors from NPR (National Public Radio) broadcast and a list of E-books which can be read on the Internet.


 

Literacy-Technology Resources
This site includes resources for books-on-line, software which reads text, as well as web search engines which teachers can use to integrate the Internet into their classroom and much, much more.


For more information contact:

Cindy Parker
500 Mero Street, 18th floor CPT
Frankfort, KY 40601
Phone: 502-564-2106
Cindy.Parker@education.ky.gov
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