Multiple parent leaders raised concerns about declining reading outcomes and the need for more staff and resources for students with intensive needs; speakers cited data showing high intervention rates and 3rd-grade reading SOL failure rates around 30 percent.

Leadership reported KIPP Texas missed its three reading targets and will sharpen focus on DIBELS and oral reading fluency; board members asked for cohort-level trend data and clearer metrics tying classroom interventions to accountability results.

Over the last two decades, nearly every U.S. state passed laws to support students with dyslexia. A new analysis of national education data shows these legislative efforts have yielded highly mixed results for special education diagnoses and reading test scores.