To strengthen our students’ Reading Comprehension skills across all grade levels by teaching grade specific comprehension strategies. 

Our focus to improve our student reading comprehension skills is informed through quantitative and qualitative data. 

Quantitative Data includes: RFRA (Richmond Formative Reading Assessment), Student Learning Reports, Grade 4 and 7 FSA (Foundation Skills Assessment)

Qualitative Data includes: Student voice and classroom observations and anecdotal evidence by school staff.

All learners in grades Kindergarten through to Grade 7. 

As a school we used the Richmond Foundations Reading Assessment (RFRA)to gain an understanding of what our learners can do when it comes to reading comprehension. Our 2025/2026 Fall RFRA data served as our Baseline Data, in which: 

• 15% of our Grade 1-7 learners were Emerging in their Reading Comprehension Skills

• 37% of the Grade 1-7 learners were Developing in their Reading Comprehension skills

• 46% of the Grade 1-7 learners were Proficient in their Reading Comprehension Skills

• 2% of the Grade 1-7 leaners were Extending in their Reading Comprehension Skills

Our goal is to move more of our students from Emerging and Developing in their Reading Comprehension Skills to Proficient.

(Our findings are attached in “Evidence” Post in October 2025)

As a school we used the Richmond Foundations Reading Assessment (RFRA)to gain an understanding of what our learners can do when it comes to reading comprehension.

Teachers looked deeply at the Fall RFRA data and shared what they noticed for their specific classroom of students. Classroom teachers identified reading comprehension skills their students needed support in improving, with an objective to teach these comprehension skills consistently through Terms 1 & 2. Our plan is to assess reading comprehension area again in May to see what progress we have made over time. 

We expect to see more students becoming proficient, confident readers who can understand and engage with a range of texts. We will be looking at our reading data from SPARK and the Richmond Formative Reading Assessment in May and June 2026 to assess growth in Reading Comprehension and determine next steps.

As our students’ Reading Comprehension skills improve, we project success across all language-based curriculum, with students better able to access and engage in learning in all subject areas. 

We will know the impact our targeted Comprehension Skills instruction will have by evaluating the May 2026 RFRA data and comparing it to the baseline RFRA data from October 2025.

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