Southside Family Charter School Literacy Plan
2024-25 School Year
To support every child reading at or above grade level every year, beginning in kindergarten, and to support
multilingual learners and students receiving special education services in achieving their individualized reading
goals in order to meet grade level proficiency, a school district or charter school must adopt a local literacy plan
that describes how they are working to meet that goal. A district must update and submit the plan to the
commissioner by June 15 each year Minn. Stat.120B.12, subd. 4a (2023). With the purpose of assisting districts
and charter schools, the Department of Education has developed this Local Literacy Plan template. The Local
Literacy Plan must be approved by the Superintendent and posted to the district or charter school’s website
annually.
District or Charter School Information
District or Charter School Name and Number: Southside Family Charter School, 4162
Date of Last Revision: June 2024
Minnesota READ Act Goal
The goal of the READ Act is to have every Minnesota child reading at or above grade level every year, beginning
in kindergarten, and to support multilingual learners and students receiving special education services in
achieving their individualized reading goals Minn. Stat. 120B.12 (2023).
District or Charter School Literacy Goal
● Southside will attend to the educational debt owed to BIPOC students by centering the growth of those
students. Southside will implement evidence-based, targeted reading instruction that is equitable and
culturally relevant. Intervention strategies will be tailored to meet the needs of all students, particularly
those who have historically been marginalized.
● All BIPOC students will make average or above average growth (30th growth percentile or higher) in
reading and math, as measured by “growth from start score” on Fastbridge earlyReading or aReading
and earlyMath or aMath scores. Data will be disaggregated to identify and address disparities.
■ earlyMath: 38% of students made average or above average growth (N:8)
■ earlyReading: 56% of students made average or above average growth (N: 9)
■ aMath: 60% of BIPOC students made average or above average growth (N: 45)
■ aReading: 60% of BIPOC students made average or above average growth (N: 48)
Local Literacy Plan Template (3/24) 2024-25 School Year 1
● The percentage of students demonstrating average or above average growth on earlyReading/Math
aReading/aMath will increase by 4% annually based on baseline data collected from the previous school
year. (growth by start score)
○ 23-24 school year:
■ earlyMath: 63% of students made average or above average growth (N:19)
■ earlyReading: 65% of students made average or above average growth (N: 20)
■ aMath: 53% of students made average or above average growth (N: 90)
■ aReading: 61% of students made average or above average growth (N: 77)
● All 8th grade students will create a capstone project in alignment with our mission to share with the
community.
