CASE STUDY Claude A. Wilcox Elementary School Pocatello-Chubbuck District 25, ID Core5 Helps Pride Grow at Wilcox Elementary Challenge When challenges persist, a feeling of resignation can set in—a belief that this is just the way it is. “Our faculty and administration understood the number of challenges our kids face inside and outside of class, and this made us all the more determined to find a way to help them, ” stated Principal Brenda Miner , Wilcox Elementary School, Pocatello, ID. Miner took over as principal in 2012-2013 and began to analyze her students’ ELA (English Language Arts) and ISA T (Idaho Standards Achievement T ests) scores. She discovered that every grade level, K–5, lacked foundational literacy skills. At the time, they were using a technology-based li

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