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Reading Assessment
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The assessment for Grades K,1,2,3 shall include:
- Kindergarten - reading readiness and phonological
awareness.
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd - fluency and accuracy of the student's
reading.
- Single statewide test given twice a year.
- Additional assessments may be administered for the
lowest 25% of reading progress.
- The state K-3 assessment results (will be reported by
district and school) annually to the SBOE, legislature,
governor, and public.
- Reading assessment scores shall be maintained in the
permanent record of each student.
- The administration of the state K-3 assessments is to
be done in the local school districts by individuals
chosen by the district other than the regular classroom
teacher. All those who administer the assessments shall
be trained by the SDE.
- Curricular materials K-3 shall align with the
Idaho
Comprehensive Literacy Plan.
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Reading Intervention
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Each school district's board of trustees will establish
an extended year (state board approved) reading program for
students identified as below grade level on reading
assessments in kindergarten through grade three.
- Program shall be the equivalent of 40 hours of
instruction.
- Subject to appropriation, all instructional costs of
the extended year reading intervention shall be
reimbursed by the state with the exception of
transportation which will be reimbursed at an amount not
to exceed $30 per student per session.
- SDE shall adopt reporting forms, establish reporting
dates, and adopt such additional guidelines and standards
as necessary to accomplish the goal of all students
reading on grade level by grade 3.
- Districts will apply for intervention program
reimbursement based on a reporting procedure developed
and administered by the SDE.
- Intervention program participation and effectiveness
by school and district will be presented annually to the
state board, legislature, and governor.
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Reading Pre-and In-Service professional Development
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(1) Teacher Preparation
- Teacher preparation programs in
the state of Idaho under the supervision of the SBOE will
align to the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy
Plan.
- The SBOE will be responsible for
the development of a single preservice assessment measure
for all kindergarten through grade eight teacher
preparation programs.
- The preservice assessment must
include a demonstration of teaching skills and knowledge
congruent with current research on best reading
practices.
- The assessment must include a
demonstration (performance-based) of:
- How children acquire
language
- Basic sound structure of
English
- Phonological
awareness
- Phonemic
awareness
- Phonics
- Structural Analysis
- Semantics
- Syntactics
- How to select reading
textbooks
- How to use diagnostic tools and
test data to improve teaching
- The assessment must include the
knowledge base of the reading process:
- Phonological
Awareness
- Sound-symbol
Correspondence
- Intensive, systematic
phonemes
- Semantics
- Syntax
- Grammar and language
patterns
- Pragmatics
- Background knowledge and
life experience
- Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- All teacher candidates shall pass
the assessment as part of the graduation requirements for
an Idaho teacher preparation program.
- SBOE will report the number of
preservice teachers taking and passing the
performance-based reading assessment to the legislature
and governor.
- All costs shall be borne by the
institution which administers the test and shall be shown
as a line item in the appropriation request of the
institution for the state reimbursement.
(2) In-service Programs
- Each teacher (employed and named
below) shall complete three credits of a single state
approved reading instruction course based on the state
approved research based Idaho Comprehensive Literacy Plan
in order to recertify.
- (in a classroom for) kindergarten
through grade eight
- Title I
- Special Education
- Administrator of a (K-8, Title
I, Special Education) school.
- Courses that qualify for
credit will be approved by the SDE.
- These courses will be required
only once for recertification and are to be part of the
six credits necessary for recertification.
- The SDE will provide a waiver of
this requirement if the applicant successfully completes
the reading assessment measure developed for the
preservice purposes.
- The SDE will establish a procedure
to allow a waiver of this requirement if the applicant
teaches in a secondary grade subject which does not
directly involve teaching reading or writing.
- Each school district board of
trustees will include in its plan for in-service
training:
- (Coursework covering)
- reading skills
development
- diagnostic tools for review and
adjust instruction continuously
- ability to identify students
who need special help in reading.
Each district will submit their plan for in-service training in reading skills to the SDE for review
and approval, in a format specified by the SDE.
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