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Senate Bill 172 |
Senate Author: Carona |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Ratliff |
Senate Bill 172 amends the Education Code to require the commissioner of education to include on the commissioner's list of reading instruments that a school may use to diagnose student reading development and comprehension at least two multidimensional assessment tools for use in diagnosing the reading development and comprehension of kindergarten students. A multidimensional assessment tool on the commissioner's list must either include a reading instrument and test at least three developmental skills, including literacy, or test at least two developmental skills, other than literacy, and be administered in conjunction with a separate reading instrument on the commissioner's list.