Fort Worth ISD is celebrating significant gains in 2025 STAAR test scores, with most grade levels and subjects showing improvement and several surpassing district targets.
At a recent board meeting, the district also approved the launch of two dyslexia intervention programs this fall, both developed by the expert team at the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children.
“The curriculum, scope and sequence, and lessons of both programs are the same,” says Debra Buchanan, Ed.D., the Administrative Director of the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders. “Bridges uses the Take Flight curriculum, and so the difference is just the delivery. Bridges is assisted by the avatar, and they co-teach with the teacher who has the scripted lesson of Take Flight.”
Karen Avit, Director of Dyslexia Education, emphasizes that the purpose of these programs, much like other forms of therapy, is to prioritize and address the individual needs of each child. To ensure students receive specialized support, educators undergo additional intensive training beyond their standard credentials.
“The teacher is taught in a two-year program to become a therapist, past all their other schooling,” Karen says.
Both programs are set to begin in Fort Worth ISD this upcoming school year.
