164.3061 Teacher preparation programs for elementary regular education to
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include instructional strategies and resources for mathematics instruction --
List of approved teacher preparation assessments and evaluation rubric --
Reports.
(1)As used in this section, "department" means the Kentucky Department of
Education.
(2)Beginning with the 2025-2026 school year, postsecondary institutions offering
teacher preparation programs for elementary regular education shall include
kindergarten through grade three
(3)evidence-based instructional strategies,
department-identified valid and reliable high-quality resources for mathematics
instruction related to KRS 158.8402, and:
(a)Evidence-based instructional strategies determined by the department to be
effective at improving student learning for the range of students in their
classrooms, including students needing to make progress toward proficiency,
exceptional students, and students who are multilingual learners;
(b)High-quality instructional resources as determined by the department to be
effective at improving student learning for the range of students in their
classrooms, including students needing to make progress toward proficiency,
exceptional students, and students who are multilingual learners;
(c)The use of a range of assessment data for designing instruction and
intervention;
(d)Progress monitoring of student performance; and
(e)Field experience and student teaching placements with teachers that model,
and supervisors with knowledge of, paragraphs
(a)to
(d)of this subsection.
(3)By January 1, 2025, the Education Professional Standards Board shall:
(a)Develop and maintain a list of approved teacher preparation assessments that
are determined by the board to be an effective evaluation of mathematics
instruction, content and practice standards, and skills; and
(b)Develop an evaluation rubric for observing teacher candidates with focus on
mathematics content and pedagogical knowledge.
(4)The Education Professional Standards Board shall report program data to an
external evaluator for analysis of postsecondary teacher preparation programs with
the goal of using the results to help increase the success of new teacher candidates
in demonstrating mathematics instruction, content knowledge, and skills.
(5)The Education Professional Standards Board shall report to the Legislative
Research Commission for referral to the Interim Joint Committee on Education the
results provided by the external evaluator's analysis and data on all assessments
required for certification, including the number of students testing, the number of
students passing, and the number of times an individual student takes a test prior to
passing.