Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Case Study
Rebuilding Secondary Dyslexia Support with Consistent Instruction.
How Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD Increased Middle School Decoding Proficiency by 37 Percentage Points in One Semester
Structured literacy intervention accelerated adolescent dyslexia outcomes.
In partnership with RGR, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD aligned structured literacy intervention across secondary campuses to strengthen decoding instruction for students receiving dyslexia services.
- Carrollton, Texas
- 22,770 Students
- 1,874 Teachers
- 95 Administrators
- 21 Elementary Schools
- 5 Middle Schools
- 5 High Schools
- 3 Education Centers
- 64% Economically Disadvantaged
- 18% Special Education
- 44% Emergent Bilingual
Secondary dyslexia instruction at Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD varied widely across campuses, with foundational reading skills missing in students who had already received years of intervention. District leaders needed a more consistent, measurable approach across secondary dyslexia services.
By the middle of the 2025–2026 school year, Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD increased middle school decoding proficiency by 37 percentage points across secondary dyslexia cohorts.
One middle school cohort increased from 3.7% to 40.7% meeting decoding expectations within one semester, while another increased from 0% to 25% over the same period.
Structured literacy intervention, targeted grouping, and protected instructional time helped students build foundational reading skills more efficiently across secondary campuses.
By midyear of the 2025–2026 school year, 40% of students in one high school cohort met strong decoding benchmarks on RGR’s Diagnostic Decoding Survey after beginning the year significantly below expectations.
Structured literacy intervention, targeted grouping with RGR’s Grouping Matrix, and protected instructional time helped students build foundational reading skills more efficiently across secondary dyslexia classrooms.
These gains gave students stronger access to grade-level reading demands and more consistent intervention support across campuses.
“Students who had struggled for years finally started making real progress. One of my students went from 47 words per minute to 137 in a year. His MAP score jumped from the yellow band to hitting green.”
Carrollton-Farmers Branch strengthened secondary literacy intervention by aligning structured literacy routines, intervention practices, and decoding instruction across campuses to improve consistency and measurable reading outcomes.
Carrollton-Farmers Branch implemented structured literacy intervention focused on decoding, fluency, word recognition, and foundational reading skills for secondary students.
Educators received ongoing coaching, intervention support, and structured literacy training that strengthened consistency across secondary reading intervention programs.
Progress monitoring, decoding assessments, and intervention data guided instructional decisions, tracked student growth, and strengthened intervention planning.
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