Berkley Schools Adopts New Middle School ELA Curriculum for 2026-27 School Year

Berkley’s Middle School Literacy Pilot Team reconvened on Thursday, April 9th to analyze pilot data, evidence and artifacts. The team consisted of seven 6-8th grade teachers from Norup and Anderson. In the meeting, pilot teachers analyzed the results of teacher surveys, family surveys, student surveys, assessment data and artifacts. Additionally, the team reviewed the resources using Berkley Schools’ internal rubric, vision statement and purpose statement. The team evaluated the two pilot programs and completed rubric scores for each component. Great Minds Arts and Letters scored higher than Amplify ELA in every rubric category and met the overall cut score and was adopted by the Board of Education in May. Arts and Letters will be the new ELA curricular resource for middle school starting with the 2026-27 school year. 

Arts & Letters helps students build knowledge of the world and develop reading, writing, speaking, listening and language skills. Each day students will read and study award-winning literary and informational books, famous works of art, poetry, articles, videos and photographs. These texts will awaken their curiosity and expand their knowledge about important topics. Students will learn to understand and analyze these complex texts and to speak and write clearly, logically and effectively. Each day students will be engaged and challenged to learn.