Abstract
Many secondary schools in the Twin Rivers Unified School District (TRUSD) did not meet the criteria for Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) for 2011 in English Language Arts. Regardless of one’s agreement or disagreement with standardized tests as a measuring stick, the persistence and consistency of the results for these secondary schools suggest that there is an instructional problem in the English Language Arts program. Contributing to the solution is the main goal of this project.