Reading scores plummeted as Michigan schools adopted now-discredited curriculum

Midland school district is still using the Calkins method By Jamie A. Hope

• For three years, Midland Public Schools has used a discredited reading and writing curriculum.
• M-STEP scores for English Language Arts in the Midland district have worsened over time. 
• In 2019. 61.2% of students scored proficient or advanced. 
• But the most recent number was 50.6%. 
• The drop of nearly 11 percentage points is almost twice the drop seen statewide.
• The district, in announcing a new reading curriculum in May 2021, said the Lucy Calkins teaching method was “highly respected in the field.”...