Mississippi HB1213 establishes the Adolescent Literacy Initiative to improve reading proficiency in Grades 4-8 through evidence-based instruction.
Mississippi HB1213 establishes the Adolescent Literacy Initiative to improve reading proficiency in Grades 4-8. The bill mandates that the State Department of Education align literacy standards with evidence-based strategies and scientifically researched instruction. It prohibits the use of balanced literacy and three-cueing systems, emphasizing direct, explicit, systematic, sequential, and cumulative instruction.
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