Secondary Literacy Guide

Secondary Literacy Course Placement Criteria The following courses provide services for students with a Lexile below 1000, including the federal ML and SPED Services requirement. ACC ABS SPED Literacy ELD 1 Literacy 1 Literacy 2 Course Number For Learning Strategies ELA: 0589 Middle or High School For Elective Credit: 0506 - Middle School (with reading endorsement) For Middle and High School: 4636 Middle School: 4519 (middle school; no reading endorsement) For Middle and High School:

For ELA Credit: Use ELA course codes (SPED or non-SPED ELA courses) For Elective Credit: 0506 - Middle School 0507 - High School (with reading endorsement) 0546 - Middle School or High School (no reading endorsement) (with reading endorsement)

4528 (middle school; reading endorsement) 4519 (middle school; no reading endorsement) 4518 (high school; no reading endorsement) 4699 (high school; reading endorsement)

0507 - High School (with reading endorsement) 0546 - Middle School or High School (no reading endorsement)

4528 (middle school; reading endorsement) High School: 4518 (high school; no reading endorsement) 4699 (high school; reading endorsement) 40th Achievement Percentile or Below and RIT≤195 and Not Yet or Developing on the CPA

For ELA Credit:

0569 SPED ELA 12 0568 SPED ELA 11 0567 SPED ELA 10 0566 SPED ELA 9 0501 SPED ELA 8 0500 SPED ELA 7 0499 SPED ELA 6

Student Profile

40th Achievement Percentile or Below OR On Track on the CPA

40th Achievement Percentile or Below

40th Achievement Percentile or Below

RIT≤195 and Not Yet or Developing on the CPA

Newcomer to the U.S. 2 semesters

Students requiring Literacy instruction with a Special Education licensed teacher who cannot access resource classes.

Students requiring Literacy instruction with a Special Education licensed teacher due to their IEP minutes in Basic Reading.

Students requiring Literacy instruction with a Special Education licensed teacher who need behavior support.

Students requiring Literacy instruction d ue to their IEP minutes in Reading Comprehension

Course Focus

Language Launch Beginning English skills, core content intro, acculturation to the US school system, building students’ confidence and connection to school and community.

Read 180 - Code Literacy 1 may be a combination of MLs, general education, and students with disabilities.

Read 180 Literacy 2 may be a combination of MLs, general education, and students with disabilities.

Read 180 or Code

Read 180 or Code

Read 180 - Code

Exiting Criteria ●​ All Students who score 51st ACHIEVEMENT PERCENTILE OR ABOVE do not qualify for Literacy Intervention and should not be placed in any of these classes. ●​ If a student scores between the 41st and 50th percentile, analyze other criteria before exiting such as GPA,, Early Warning Signs, historic MAP performance, state test performance, and performance on the student app. ●​ If the student has an IEP, review the student’s IEP goals and decide on the next steps. For more detailed information and course continuums for SPED and ML students, please refer to the Service Delivery Guidelines for Secondary ML Students and the Service Delivery Guidelines for Secondary SPED Students below.

Last Updated April 14, 2025 ​

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