Case Study: Freehold Township School District achieves significant reading growth with Newsela ELA

Freehold Township School District achieves reading growth in one school year with Newsela

Freehold Township School District, a New Jersey district serving 3,500 students, faced a challenge addressing reading gaps for students in grades 3–8. They needed to provide more practice with informational texts and foundational literacy skills like identifying the main idea across various subjects. To meet this challenge, they turned to Newsela and its Newsela ELA product.

The solution implemented by Newsela involved aligning its ELA content to units across different subject areas, enabling teachers to seamlessly build reading practice into regular instruction. This cross-curricular approach made literacy growth a shared goal. The impact was significant, as the district met its growth goal across grade levels, with over 80% of target students in most grades growing at least one performance band from fall to spring.

Freehold Township School District