As a school, we are committed to exploring what our learners need in order to be powerful readers, specifically making sure they understand what they are reading.

Thus, we are pursuing a new inquiry and asking ourselves Where to next with our learners when it comes to reading? Our hunch is that reading is an area that requires further development, yet we are seeking what specific foundation needs further explicit teaching. We are leaning more into comprehension since we know that our learners need to understand what they are reading.

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 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.

Colleagues looked deeply at the data and shared what they notice with the end result being that each classroom teacher chose a goal specific to their class based on the data from the RFRA. We plan to assess that one reading area again in May to see what progress we have made over time. 

Going back to the May data and comparing it to the baseline data in October will allow each team to see if there has been improvement in their targeted reading area.

Focusing on: Using a framework ‘What do you celebrate? What do you notice? Next steps…’ to align our dialogue as a school community