The extra efforts extended by teachers, schools, the district and the system to encourage reading and writing excellence have rewards. DoDDS teachers participate in system-wide inservice, use a focused balanced literacy approach to teaching reading and writing and the other language arts.
Most schools focus on reading, writing,or literacy for their school improvement plan.
2nd in the nation on the 8th Grade National Assessment of Educational Progress in Writing for SY 1998. Additionally, DoDDS African American Students and Hispanic Students scored first in the nation on this test. The state reports for the NAEP are on the website for the National Center for Educational Statistics. Variables in the state reports are also available. The schools in the Kaiserslautern District met this goal during school year 1997 and have maintained this high level of writing achievement each year since.