After Years of Parent Advocacy, NYC Is Piloting Dyslexia Screening Tool at Two Brooklyn Schools
January 10, 2020
By: Yoav Gonen, THE CITY
Source: Chalkbeat
The Department of Education will for the first time screen entire grades for students who are at risk of dyslexia, as part of a trial-run that got underway this week at two Brooklyn elementary schools, officials told THE CITY.
The total upfront cost: $2,000.
The effort, which has been pushed by parents, advocates and some elected officials for years, will have teachers assess the reading-related skills of roughly 300 first- and second-graders at PS 107 in Park Slope and PS 130 in Windsor Terrace, both in District 15.