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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'll chime in as another MCPS elementary teacher. I hope we get rid of Benchmark and keep Really Great Reading for K-2 for phonics. We'll still need something to replace Benchmark.[/quote]

I'm also a MCPS teacher and agree with pp's about the distain for Benchmark but love of RGR.  Unfortunately, I bet they try and choose a program that addresses all the components and we won't be able to continue using RGR.  If you recall, Benchmark was chosen because it had a phonics component...which ended up being terrible.[/quote]

I anticipate that as well. This is probably expensive to purchase rgr and benchmark [/quote]

But don’t most of the schools have all the RGR materials already?  That would be an incredible waste just to use them for one year![/quote]

RGR only partially meets expectations. https://www.edreports.org/reports/overview/really-great-reading-2021[/quote]

That is because it is not a comprehensive curriculum. A flaw of the Ed reports model. [/quote]

From the product notes, that doesn't seem to be why it partially meets expectations. See below where it sounds like they missed the mark:
- No explicit instruction in letter formation
- No explicit instruciton in rate, accuracy, and expression
- Decodable passages do not align with the scope and frequency of high-frequency words
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