Wesley ranks No. 12 out of 182 Houston elementary schools in Grade 1 reading skills. You can see the difference when you go out there. No. 12 out of 182 Houston schools tested for first-grade reading in the most recent Stanford achievement tests, a leading national indicator. Other high-ranking schools had much more affluent students and experienced teachers. At Wesley, getting the details right counts.
Janitors polish the floors every day, twice when it rains.
Students are taught the rules of how to behave as assiduously as they are taught the rules of phonics. Dr. Lott still looms large at Wesley, even after the Houston Independent School District bumped him up to oversee three additional schools. But Ms. Rimes insists that what's important is his method, not his personality. We have a program guaranteed to work with children. Diagnose problems early, group students according to their current achievement, and reevaluate often.