K-12 Education: Improved Oversight Could Help DOD Schools Better Support Students with Literacy and Math Skill Deficits
What GAO Found In school year 2024–2025, about 10 percent of the approximately 60,000 K-12 students attending Department of Defense Education Activity’s (DODEA) schools full time received strategic instruction. This is short-term extra help in a small group setting (see figure). About 5 percent had a “specific learning disability” (SLD). SLDs are a group of disorders, such as dyslexia and dyscalculia, related to understanding language or doing mathematical calculations. The number of DODEA students with SLDs increased 29 percent from school years 2018–2019 through 2024–2025. DODEA Instructional Materials for Students with Literacy and Math Deficits Most staff in the 11 selected schools GAO..
Reported by Maria LopezK-12 Education: Improved Oversight Could Help DOD Schools Better Support Students with Literacy and Math Skill Deficits.
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What GAO Found In school year 2024–2025, about 10 percent of the approximately 60,000 K-12 students attending Department of Defense Education Activity’s (DODEA) schools full time received strategic instruction.
This is short-term extra help in a small group setting (see figure).
About 5 percent had a “specific learning disability” (SLD).
SLDs are a group of disorders, such as dyslexia and dyscalculia, related to understanding language or doing mathematical calculations.
The number of DODEA students with SLDs increased 29 percent from school years 2018–2019 through 2024–2025.
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