Average Reading and Spelling Scores

Let's discuss these numbers and figure out a way to make them even better by the end of the year:

PERIOD 1	average reading level August: 4.25 December: 4.9 Growth: 0.65	average spelling level August: 4.11 December: 4.5 Growth: 0.39
PERIOD 2	average reading level August: 5.6 December: 5.79 Growth: 0.19	average spelling level August: 5.89 December: 5.97 Growth: 0.08
PERIOD 3	average reading level August: 5.15 December: 5.62 Growth: 0.47	average spelling level August: 6.16 December: 6.48 Growth: 0.32
PERIOD 4	average reading level August: 4.13 December: 4.63 Growth: 0.50	average spelling level August: 4.02 December: 4.33 Growth: 0.31
PERIOD 5	average reading level August: 4.57 December: 5.0 Growth: 0.43	average spelling level August: 4.77 December: 4.71 Growth: -0.06
PERIOD 6	average reading level August: 4.84 December: 5.21 Growth: 0.37	average spelling level August: 5.0 December: 5.23 Growth: 0.23