The Board of Education shall approve a program of reading goals for students for grades kindergarten to 12.

To promote student's reading skills, the Board requires the District Administrator to employ a certified reading specialist who will be responsible to develop and coordinate a comprehensive reading curriculum for students in grades kindergarten to 12.

The goals shall be based on an assessment of existing reading needs of students. Subsequently the students shall be assessed based on the reading goals.

The Reading Specialist shall annually prepare a report evaluating the reading curriculum of the School District and forward the report to the District Administrator who shall present the report to the Board.

An appropriate, valid, and reliable assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the Board or the operator of each charter school established under 118.40(2r) or 118.40 (2x), Wis. Stats., shall be administered annually to each student enrolled in kindergarten through second grade. The Board or operator of each charger school established under 118.40(2r) or 118.40 (2x), Wis. Stats., shall require that the assessment selected evaluates whether a student possesses phonemic awareness and letter sound knowledge.

The results of a student's assessment shall be reported to the student's parent. A student whose assessment indicates that s/he is at risk of reading difficulty shall be provided with interventions or remedial reading services.

Wis. Stats. 115.77, 118.015, 118.016

Adopted 7/18/11
Revised 1/21/14
Revised 5/16/16