N.Y. Education Law § 819: Evidence-based mathematics instruction

§ 819. Evidence-based mathematics instruction. 1. (a) On or before

January first, two thousand twenty-seven, the commissioner shall provide

school districts with instructional best practices for numeracy, as

defined by the commissioner, and the teaching of mathematics to students

in kindergarten through grade five. Instructional best practices for

numeracy and the teaching of mathematics shall be evidence-based. Such

instructional best practices shall be periodically updated by the

commissioner.

(b) Every school district shall annually review their curriculum and

instructional practices in the subject of mathematics for students in

kindergarten through grade five to ensure that they align with the

mathematics instructional best practices provided by the commissioner,

and that all early mathematics instructional practices and interventions

are part of an aligned plan designed to improve student mathematics

outcomes in kindergarten through grade five.

2. On or before September first, two thousand twenty-seven, each

school district shall verify to the commissioner that its curriculum and

instructional practices in the subject of mathematics in kindergarten

through grade five align with all of the elements of the instructional

best practices provided by the commissioner pursuant to this section.