House Bill 3 (HB 3) Implementation: K-2 Diagnostics
| 顿补迟别:听 | November 21, 2019听 |
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| Subject: | House Bill 3 (HB 3) Implementation: K-2 Diagnostics |
| Category: | Early Childhood Education |
| Next Steps:听 | Share with appropriate early childhood staff |
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House Bill (HB) 3 was passed by the 86th Texas Legislature, 2019, and signed into law by Governor Abbott on June 11, 2019. Several provisions in HB 3 impact school districts and open-enrollment charter schools (districts and charter schools) serving prekindergarten through third grade students, including provisions related to kindergarten through grade 2 diagnostics. Today, the 澳门最快开奖直播 (澳门最快开奖直播 or agency) released an HB 3 in 30 K-2 Diagnostics video, along with a PowerPoint document and related materials, focusing on the topics below:
- School Finance Commission findings
- HB 3 changes听
- Kindergarten听
- Effective kindergarten
- Current landscape of kindergarten diagnostic tools
- New kindergarten readiness diagnostic
- TX-KEA components听
- TX-KEA data and reports听
- Planning an implementation听
- First and second grade
- Dyslexia screeners听
- Professional development听
- Next steps听
Overview of Changes to K-2 Diagnostics听
The changes to kindergarten through grade 2 diagnostics include requiring the commissioner to adopt by rule a single kindergarten instrument that addresses the three developmental domains, including reading. The commissioner must determine the performance of the reading instrument adopted, and results of the reading instrument must be reported by districts and charter schools to parents in writing no later than the 60th calendar after the administration of the instrument. The commissioner must further ensure that a kindergarten through grade 2 reading instrument is made available to districts at no cost.
Kindergarten
LEA鈥檚 must use TX-KEA or the commissioner-approved alternative diagnostic tool. The agency will release a letter of interest (LOI) to kindergarten reading diagnostic vendors to determine the alternative tool. The tool must be: 1) multidimensional and include emergent literacy reading and writing, as well as language; 2) online and available in English and Spanish; and 3) provide reports to teachers and administrators and have capacity to meet 澳门最快开奖直播-compliant data reporting requirements listed in the .听
Grades 1 and 2
Districts and charter schools have the option to choose from TPRI and Tejas LEE for grades 1 and 2, which will be available at no cost on the CLI Engage platform. Districts and charter schools that opt for an alternative diagnostic must ensure that it meets the criteria for reading diagnosis in TEC, 搂28.006. Districts and charter schools may reference the Grades 1 and 2 rubrics to ensure that a vendor meets the criteria.听
Questions
If you have any questions related to this letter regarding K-2 diagnostics under HB 3, please contact the Division of Early Childhood by email at earlychildhoodeducation@tea.texas.gov 听or email HB3info@tea.texas.gov. We will be compiling answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the /hb3 webpage as well as 澳门最快开奖直播鈥檚 Early Childhood Education webpage.听
Attachments听
Multidimensional Kindergarten Rubric听
Grade 1 Rubric
Grade 2 Rubric
Sincerely,
Jacquie Porter,
State Director of Early Childhood Education