164.306 Evidence-based reading instructional programming -- Teacher

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(1)Beginning in the 2022-2023 school year, postsecondary institutions offering

teacher preparation programs for interdisciplinary early childhood education or

elementary regular education shall include evidence-based reading

instructional programming related to reading instruction in the areas of

phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension and

on:

(a)The administration of specific assessment processes and programs used

to identify student strengths and needs and that are determined by the

Department of Education to be reliable and valid;

(b)The use of assessment data for designing instruction and interventions;

(c)Progress monitoring of student performance; and

(d)Instructional strategies that address students' individual differences.

(2)By January 1, 2024, the Education Professional Standards Board shall develop

and maintain a list of approved teacher preparation tests that are determined

by the board to be an effective evaluation of reading instruction knowledge and

skills.

(3)Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all new teachers seeking certification

in interdisciplinary early childhood education or elementary education shall

successfully pass an approved teacher preparation test that includes an

evaluation of reading instruction knowledge and skills.

(4)The Education Professional Standards Board shall report program data to an

external evaluator for analysis of postsecondary teacher preparation programs

for interdisciplinary early childhood education or elementary regular education

for the goal of increasing the success of new teacher candidates in

demonstrating reading instruction knowledge and skills.