Dyslexia Newsletter
August 2022
Welcome Back!!!!
Grade 7 Reading Instrument Guidance and Waiver Instructions
The commissioner has adopted the following:
• Istation’s Indicators of Progress, Advanced Reading (ISIP-AR)
• Reading Analysis and Prescription System (RAPS 360)
• Texas Middle School Fluency Assessment (TMFSA)
• Woodcock Johnson III Diagnostic Reading Battery (WJ III DRB)
LEAs are required to use one of these reading diagnostic instruments. Districts may request a waiver in order to use another instrument approved by a local district board of trustees in order to best meet student needs in the 2022-2023 school year only.
Please click HERE to access waiver instructions.
Senate Bill 89 and Dyslexia Handbook 2021 Training and Communication Requirements
TRAINING
The Texas Dyslexia Academy Training 2 is an overview of the 2021 Dyslexia Handbook. TEA is requiring that at least 1 person from each district attend this training to ensure that the information on the processes related to dyslexia and related disorders has been received by every district. The deadline is August 31, 2022.
For more information, please review the To the Administrator Addressed Letter.
Region 7 has maintained a spreadsheet that provides the name of district personnel that has completed this training. For information about your district, please email aventers@esc7.net.
If you need someone trained prior to August 31st, TEA is offering the following dates:
- August 9, 2022 from 8:30 - 12:00 CST: TEA's virtual TDA 2 training session for LEAs.
- August 25, 2022 from 8:30 - 12:00 CST: TEA's virtual TDA 2 training session for LEAs.
COMMUNUCATION
The LEA has posted links in English and Spanish to required TEA documents on their local public facing websites, materials, static resources, and information available to parents and staff to reflect the Dyslexia Handbook 2021 update .
BUILD Reading Intervention
If you are interested in learning more about this program and training, there will be an informational webinar on August 17th at 3:30. Please complete this google form to receive the link.
District Contact Information
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Upcoming Training Opportunities
Dyslexia Evaluation (3 days) - September 7th - 9th
Dissecting Dyslexia Evaluation - September 13th
"Specially Designing" Reading by Design - September 19th
Dyslexia Roundtable - September 23rd
TDA 3: Considerations for Emergent Bilingual Students - September 27th
TDA 1: Dyslexia Foundations - October 14th
TDA 2: The Dyslexia Handbook - October 24th