THE CHALLENGE
Case Study at a Glance
DISTRICT: Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD) LOCATION: Includes parts of Harris County, a small portion of Houston, and the city of Jersey Village, Texas
58 Schools ( Storyworks in use in 100% of the elementary schools)
118,500+ Students (20,000+ using Storyworks across Grades 1–5)
DEMOGRAPHICS: 45% 20% 20% 10%
60% Economically Disadvantaged
Hispanic/Latino White Black Asian/Pacific Islander
22,100+ Emergent Bilingual Students
More than a decade ago, the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (CFISD) in the Houston, Texas, metropolitan area, was searching for a supplemental reading program that could provide highly engaging texts for their elementary students, as they were not using a basal reading program. They sought texts that would entice their students during independent reading time. They were also looking for mentor texts—essential teaching texts that teachers could use to demonstrate specific reading or writing strategies—across multiple genres and writing styles for a variety of purposes related to literacy instruction.
SCHOLASTIC STORYWORKS SUCCESS STORY: CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT 2
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