State Board Public Hearing - January 20 & 25, 2011

LSA Document 10-635

Available on iTunes Audio Only

Original air date: 01/20 & 25/2011

January 20, 2011: 0 hr. 41 min.
January 25, 2011: 0 hr. 54 min.

Program Description:

January 20, 2011 and January 25, 2011

• The proposed rule includes provisions to:
  • Require a reading plan for Indiana schools.
  • Define reading instruction requirements and the components of the plan.
  • Require elementary schools to submit to the Department of Education a reading plan which includes measurable student achievement goals, specific interventions for students who have reading deficiency and students who are retained, and the retention of a student in Grade 3 who does not have a passing score on the reading portion of the Grade 3 English/language arts ISTEP+.
  • Establish exceptions to the retention requirement.
  • Require schools, with certain exceptions, to utilize the reading framework adopted by the State Board of Education as a portion of the required elementary curriculum.

Resources:

• LSA Document 10-635

Contacts:

Content: Becky Bowman
Indiana State Board of Education Administrator
bbowman@doe.in.gov

Technical: Don Gilroy
Director, Office of Digital Media
dgilroy@doe.in.gov