Overview

The Hawai‘i State Department of Education (HIDOE) has been awarded $49,839,514 through a five-year federal Comprehensive Literacy State Development (CLSD) Grant to supplement current literacy efforts with innovative strategies to accelerate student achievement amongst struggling subgroups of students. 

Through this grant, HIDOE, in partnership with Hawai‘i P-20, plans to develop and sustain a system to support educators and administrators in enhancing their capacity and competencies to fully implement evidence-based literacy for children birth through 12th grade with an emphasis on learners vulnerable to academic failure. HIDOE aims to advance school design innovation through literacy in three key areas: 

• Advancing third grade and secondary literacy disciplinary literacy skills
  
• Providing multi- language opportunities that honors the home language and culture of students
• Empowering families to become partners in their child's education. 
  

Third grade reading proficiency is also paramount to student success with literacy serving as the foundation for student growth and development. The 2018-19 Strive HI Performance System results showed 75% of third-graders are reading above or at/near grade level, a 10-point gain over just two years. HIDOE aims to further advance this indicator through the federal grant, to accelerate goals around implementing a system of evidence-based literacy programs for children, with a focus on disadvantaged students. 

Subgrants will be available based on supporting the highest-need students to mitigate the achievement gap through exciting and innovative learning opportunities.

HIDOE's CLSD grant application