KRS 164.306: Evidence -based reading instructional programming -- Instruction on

teaching of reading and language arts -- Teacher preparation tests -- Report.

(1) Postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs for

interdisciplinary early chil dhood education or elementary regular education shall

include evidence -based reading instructional programming related to reading

instruction in the areas of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and

comprehension and on:

(a) The administration of specific assessment processes, programs, and

interventions used to identify student strengths and needs and that are

determined by the Department of Education to be reliable and valid;

(b) The use of assessment data for designing instruction and interventions;

(c) Progress monitoring of student performance; and

(d) Instructional strategies that address students' individual differences.

(2) Postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs for

interdisciplinary early childhood education or elementary regular education shall:

(a) Provide instruction on how to teach reading and language arts using

scientifically researched and evidence -based reading instruction and reading

intervention programs as defined in KRS 158.306;

(b) Prohibit instruction on teaching reading and language arts that incorporates a

three-cueing system as defined in KRS 158.306; and

(c) Align to the academic standards established by the Department of Education,

and the approved list of reading curriculum and interventions t hat are utilized

by local districts under KRS 158.306.

(3) The Education Professional Standards Board shall develop and maintain a list of

approved teacher preparation tests that are determined by the board to be an

effective evaluation of reading instruction knowledge and skills.

(4) All new teachers seeking certification in interdisciplinary early childhood education

or elementary education shall successfully pass an approved teacher preparation test

that includes an evaluation of reading instruction knowledge and skills.

(5) The Education Professional Standards Boar d shall report program data to an

external evaluator for analysis of postsecondary teacher preparation programs for

interdisciplinary early childhood education or elementary regular education for the

goal of increasing the success of new teacher candidates in demonstrating reading

instruction knowledge and skills.