New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 30 - EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Part 5 - OPTIONAL FULL-DAY KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM
Section 6.30.5.7 - DEFINITIONS
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. "Scientifically-based reading research" is the application of rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures to obtain valid knowledge relevant to reading development, reading instruction, and reading difficulties.
B. "Developmentally appropriate practices" result from the process of professionals making decisions about the well being and education of children based on at least three important kinds of information:
C. "MEM" means "membership," which is total enrollment of qualified students on the current roll of a class or school on a specified day. The current roll is established by the addition of original entries and reentries minus withdrawals. Withdrawals of students, in addition to students formally withdrawn from the public school, include students absent from the public school for as many as 10 consecutive school days. (Subsection B of Section 22-8-2 NMSA 1978).
D. "Department" means the public education department.
E. "Interim assessment" means an assessment conducted three to four times a year for all students to assess specific skills and to identify those at risk academically.
F. "Kindergarten entry assessment" means an assessment conducted within the first 30 instructional days of the school year.
G. "Progress monitoring" means assessments conducted between interim assessments on students who are receiving targeted and intensive interventions to determine whether the student is benefitting from interventions.
