Texas Education Code - EDUC § 28.0063. Early Literacy and Numeracy Instruments

(1) be based on scientific research concerning, as applicable:

(2) be capable of being administered at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year;

(3) be designed to assess the performance of students in, as applicable:

(4) be capable of monitoring student progress in a manner that allows school district staff to identify specific foundational literacy or numeracy skills in need of targeted instruction;

(5) assess whether a student's skills identified as in need of targeted instruction indicate that the student is at risk, as determined by the agency, of not achieving satisfactory performance on the third grade reading language arts or mathematics assessment administered under Section 39.023;

(6) for a reading instrument for students in kindergarten and first grade, include the applicable elements and criteria to serve as the required screenings for dyslexia and related disorders under Section 38.003;  and

(7) for a reading instrument, allow a school district to generate a report regarding a student's reading progress, including progress from previous administrations of the same instrument, that is clear and easy to understand that may be distributed to the student's parent in English, Spanish, or, to the extent practicable, any other language spoken by the parent.

(1) update the list of reading and mathematics instruments adopted under Subsection (a) not less than once every four years;

(2) ensure the list adopted under Subsection (a) includes multiple reading and mathematics instruments;

(3) develop a process by which a school district may submit an instrument to the commissioner for approval; and

(4) make publicly available the criteria for the evaluation and approval of an instrument submitted to the commissioner.

(1) for kindergarten, at the middle and end of the school year;

(2) for first and second grade, at the beginning, middle, and end of the school year;  and

(3) for third grade, at the beginning and middle of the school year.

(1) an instrument adopted or approved under Section 28.006 that is administered to a kindergarten student at the beginning of the school year;  and

(2) a third grade assessment instrument adopted or developed under Section 39.023 that is administered at the end of the school year for a third grade student.

(1) administering the instruments;

(2) training staff on the instruments;  and

(3) applying the results of the instruments to the district's instructional program.

(1) report to the commissioner and the board of trustees of the district at a public meeting of the board the results of a reading or mathematics instrument administered to students under this section;  and

(2) not later than the earlier of the 20th school day or the 30th calendar day after the date on which the results of a reading or mathematics instrument are available, report, in writing or electronically, to a student's parent or guardian: