Meeting the Dyslexia Screening Mandate with Existing Data

Compliance

No Yes

Ready

K-2 screened

Partial 100%

Full

Setup time

Months Weeks

Fast

The Problem

When California mandated early screening for reading delays including dyslexia, many districts scrambled. The mandate required systematic screening of early literacy skills — phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency — for all young students, with documentation of results and follow-up plans. Districts without centralized data systems faced months of setup work.

The Plan

1

Map mandate requirements to existing data fields

Attended state training, realized existing platform already captured required screening components.

Data Wall See example

Elmer Suite → Data Wall

StudentMetric 1Metric 2Status

Student A At Risk Watch Flagged

Student B On Track On Track ✓

Stoplight colors show who needs attention at a glance.
2

Add dyslexia risk indicators to K-2 data walls

New columns alongside existing phonemic awareness and phonics data. No new data collection needed.

Data Wall Data Import See example

Elmer Suite → Data Import

roster_spring_2026.csv
342 rows · 12 columns · uploaded just now

✓ 338 matched ⚠ 3 need review ✗ 1 error

Import 338 Students Review Errors

Preview everything before committing. Fix errors before they become problems.
3

Generate compliance reports from existing data

Districts with centralized early literacy data can meet mandates in weeks, not months.

Analytics

The Team

Elizabeth Spindler, now Curriculum Coordinator, attended the state dyslexia training and realized the district's existing data platform already captured the required screening components.

Elizabeth Spindler — Curriculum Coordinator

K-2 reading teachers — Assessment data entry

Building principals — Compliance oversight