Report Title:

Reading Goals; DOE; H.C.R. No. 163, H.D. 1

Description:

Repeals the reporting and testing requirements of H.C.R. No. 163, H.D. 1, that are inconsistent or redundant, or both, with the requirements of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001".

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

338

TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2003

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to education.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. House Concurrent Resolution No. 163, H.D. 1, Twenty-First Legislature, Regular Session of 2001, is amended by amending paragraph 22 to read as follows:

"BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that to achieve this reading goal and increase accountability, BOE and DOE are requested to:

(1) Require each departmental school district to evaluate the reading proficiency of its kindergarten, first, and second graders at least annually for purposes of intervention and remediation;

[(2) Require each departmental school district to assess the reading level of its third graders for the primary purpose of system accountability, and not primarily for the purpose of remediation, commencing at grade four;

(3) Provide progress reports on third-grade reading scores on the reading portion of the third grade statewide standardized achievement test given annually to all students in grade three. The scores are requested to be made available to the public in clear, understandable terms on a school, district, and statewide basis, and are requested to disclose the number of third graders reading at each level of proficiency according to state reading standards;

(4)] (2) Encourage schools to develop and use a repertoire of research-based instructional approaches tailored to different student learning styles and needs;

[(5)] (3) Provide information to public schools and school districts regarding organizational and instructional practices of representative schools that are making exemplary gains in helping students reach reading goals;

[(6)] (4) Evaluate the effectiveness of an elementary school's reading instruction program on whether it results in adequate annual and incremental growth, and not on the basis of its having adopted a specific instructional approach or program;

[(7)] (5) Enlist the help and coordinate the activities of relevant professional associations through the Reading First Partnership, securing the Partnership's commitment to voluntarily aligning their resources to support the achievement of reading goals;

[(8)] (6) Assist each public elementary school principal with providing effective leadership in reaching the school's reading goals;

[(9) Develop a statewide reporting system that provides timely and meaningful information to parents and guardians regarding their child's reading proficiency;] and

[(10)] (7) Provide encouragement, support, and education for parents on ways in which they can support literacy development, including reading with their children at least twenty minutes a day from birth through third grade and beyond;

and"

SECTION 2. Material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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