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Achieve3000 2018 results expected next month
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Posted on Jan 25 2019
A nationwide literacy competition usually launched toward the end of the year was ham-pered as recovery efforts followed Super Typhoon Yutu, but according to the Public School System, results might be expected next month.
Acting Education commissioner Jackie Quitugua noted in an interview Wednesday that alt-hough some challenges continue to plague PSS and their students, the Achieve3000 read-ing competition is still ongoing and that results of the competition may be expected within the next month.
“We have encountered some challenges with power, but options [and extensions] were giv-en…[for] this competition,” Quitugua said.
“We have yet to see what these results look like and hopefully by next month [we] would be able to see how [the competition] is coming along,” she noted.
The Achieve3000 hosts literacy competitions for all levels of students. Specifically, they host competitions pertaining to reading and writing, and are usually done online.
“For the elementary level, we have decided to [use] paper and pencil—the traditional way of handling instruction,” she said, noting that this was one of the options provided to her for the CNMI’s participation.
“At the secondary level, we are encouraging the digital tools to be used since our children still access their phones and they can [participate in the competition] anytime and any-where,” she continued.
Both levels have been provided additional time extensions as what was recommended in respect to students who continue to struggle with the lack of power.
Achieve3000 seeks to promote literacy through providing comprehensive English and Spanish language support for struggling readers and is based in Lakewood, New Jersey.
