Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 28 - EDUCATION
Part CXV - Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators
Chapter 23 - Curriculum and Instruction
Subchapter A - Standards and Curricula
Section CXV-2307 - Literacy Assessment and Screener
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 3, March 20, 2024
A. Each LEA shall require that every child enrolled in kindergarten-third grade be given the BESE-approved literacy screener three times per school year: within the first 30 days of the school year, in December, and in April. The results of this screener shall be used to plan instruction and provide appropriate and timely intervention. The results of the screener will also provide information required by R.S. 17:24.9, student reading skills; requirements; reports.
B. Each LEA shall administer the literacy screener provided by the LDE for each grade level to meet kindergarten-third grade literacy assessment requirements.
C.Beginning June 1, 2023, and triennially thereafter, each school shall use data from the literacy screener in order to develop and submit to LDE the school foundational literacy plan for students in kindergarten through third grade pursuant to R.S. 17:24.9
D. Each LEA shall provide for literacy coaches for reading teachers in kindergarten through third grade for the purposes of providing on-site teacher training on evidence-based reading instruction, demonstrating lessons, co-teaching or observation, and providing feedback for improving instruction subject to the appropriation of funds.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 17:6; R.S.17:24.4; R.S. 17:24.9; and R.S.17:24.10.