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Pilot Program To Detect Dyslexia To Launch In Boulder Schools

While other districts are choosing to wait for direction from the state, Boulder Valley Superintendent Dr. Rob Anderson made it a priority.

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A dyslexia screener will be introduced in the spring to kindergartners in 10 to 15 schools in the Boulder Valley School District.
A dyslexia screener will be introduced in the spring to kindergartners in 10 to 15 schools in the Boulder Valley School District. (Image via CBS)

BOULDER, Colo. (CBS4) – The Boulder Valley School District is preparing to launch a pilot screening program to help identify dyslexia in children beginning at kindergarten.

“The state has been talking about dyslexia a lot and not only the state of Colorado, but states now across the nation and knowing that all of the work the state is doing right now is probably going to result in a screener. I didn’t really want to wait for that work to be done,” said Michelle Qazi.

A new dyslexia screener program at Boulder Valley School District will be modeled after the Mississippi Dyslexia Screener, a tool Mississippi developed in 2013 after dyslexia screening became part of state law. (Image via CBS)

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