Case Study
Sterling Intermediate School, WA
CASE STUDY Sterling Intermediate School, WA School achieves literacy proficiency goals across its diverse student body Challenge As the nation’s population becomes more richly diversified, U.S. schools are being called upon to serve an increasing number of bilingual and EL (English Learner) students. Not all institutions have the educational infrastructure to take on this challenge, and Sterling Intermediate School in East Wenatchee, Wash., is one of many schools that have turned to technology to improve the success of its diverse student population. Sterling Intermediate serves a largely agricultural community with 55 percent eligible for free or reduced lunch and about 15 percent of its students being bilingual. To successfully engage these students and accelerate their