164.0207 Statewide reading research center -- Duties -- Report -- Selection of
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(1)A statewide reading research center shall be established under this section to
support educators in implementing reliable, replicable evidence-based reading
programs, and to promote literacy development, including cooperating with other
entities that provide family literacy services. The center shall be responsible for:
(a)Developing and implementing a clearinghouse for information about
programs addressing reading and literacy from early childhood and the
elementary grades (P-5) through adult education;
(b)Providing advice to the Kentucky Board of Education regarding matters
relating to reading;
(c)Collaborating with the Kentucky Department of Education to assist districts
with students functioning at low levels of reading skills to assess and address
identified literacy needs;
(d)Providing research and data on evidence-based, high-yield instructional
practices and coaching strategies for early childhood educators and classroom
teachers, including adult education teachers, implementing selected reliable,
replicable evidence-based reading programs;
(e)Developing and implementing a comprehensive research agenda evaluating
early reading models, instructional resources, and evidence-based practices
needed to accelerate student performance toward proficiency in reading;
(f)Assisting middle and high schools in the development of comprehensive
adolescent reading plans and maintaining a repository of instructional
materials or summary materials that identify comprehension best practices in
the teaching of each subject area and a list of classroom-based diagnostic
reading comprehension assessments that measure student progress in
developing students' reading comprehension skills; and
(g)Evaluating the reading and literacy components of the model adult education
programs funded under the adult education and literacy initiative fund created
under KRS 151B.409.
(2)The center shall review national research and disseminate appropriate research
abstracts, when appropriate, as well as conduct ongoing research of reading
programs throughout the state. Research activities undertaken by the center shall
consist of descriptive as well as empirical studies.
(a)The center may contract for research studies to be conducted on its behalf.
(b)The research agenda should, at a minimum, consider the impact of various
reading and intervention programs:
1. In eliminating academic achievement gaps among students with
differing characteristics, including subpopulations of students with
disabilities, students with low socioeconomic status, students from racial
minority groups, students with limited English proficiency, and students
of different gender;
2. In schools with differing characteristics, such as urban versus rural
schools, poverty versus nonpoverty schools, schools with strong library
media center programs versus schools with weak library media center
programs, and schools in different geographic regions of the state;
3. In terms of their costs and effectiveness; and
4. In maintaining positive student progress over a sustained period of time.
(3)The center, in conjunction with the Kentucky Department of Education, shall
establish annual goals and performance objectives related to the functions described
in this section. The center shall submit an annual report of its activities, the effects
of those activities on state performance levels in reading and writing, and the
outcomes of all annual goals and performance objectives to the Kentucky
Department of Education no later than September 1 of each year. Based on the
annual outcomes, the Kentucky Department of Education shall make programming
and funding recommendations to the Governor, the Legislative Research
Commission, and the Interim Joint Committee on Education by October 1 of each
year.
(4)The Kentucky Department of Education shall, through a competitive request for
proposals process, select the administrator of the statewide reading research center
for approval by the Kentucky Board of Education. The selected administrator shall
be contracted for five
(5)years, unless funding is not available or the administrator
requests to discontinue the contract. For each five
(5)year period thereafter,
contingent upon funding, the Kentucky Department of Education shall issue a new
request for proposals for the administration of the center.