CASE STUDY Mary Walter Elementary School Fauquier County School District, VA Students Make Dramatic Gains in Literacy Challenge Students at Mary Walter Elementary School come from a variety of backgrounds that can affect their literacy skill development: 54% of students are economically disadvantaged, 26% of students are learning English as a Second Language (ESL) and 15-20% of students in mainstream classes require special education. T eachers are challenged to meet the instructional needs of a student population with a wide range of skills and abilities. Alex O’Dell, Principal, Mary Walter Elementary School stated, “For several years, our SOL (the state of Virginia’s Standards of Learning test) scores continued to go down, especially in reading. None of the interventions w

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