Idaho State Department of Education

In continuing recognition of the critical importance of reading skills, Idaho State Statute Section 33-1615 requires that all public school students in kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3 shall have their reading skills assessed . . . The assessment shall be by a single statewide test specified by the State Board of Education, the State Department of Education shall ensure that testing shall take place not less than two (2) times per year in the relevant grades. Additional assessments may be administered to students who are identified for reading interventions as set forth in section 33-1616, Idaho Code. The state k-3 assessment test results shall be reviewed by school personnel for the purpose of providing necessary interventions to sustain or improve the students’ reading skills.

The IRI is mandated to be administered twice a year; once in the Fall and once in the Spring. School Districts/schools have the discretion to administer a Winter IRI Assessment; however, this assessment is optional.

The IRI results shall be reviewed by school personnel for the purpose of providing necessary interventions to sustain or improve a student’s reading skills. It is important to remember that the IRI is not intended to be a complete diagnostic reading test; rather, the IRI should be used to identify students in a classroom who may have additional needs in the area of reading. These students may then receive additional testing using other locally-chosen instruments.

Assess five critical domains: phonemic awareness, alphabetic knowledge, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension with appropriate subtests at each grade level.

Please see the Technology Readiness Checklist

No, students are accessed on the computer individually.

A plan submitted by the districts to the State Board of Education by October 1st of each year. It has certain criteria needed found in 33-1614.

Sent to the State Board of Education. For more information, please contact the State Board of Education at (208) 334-2270

State Statute, §33-1614 & §33-1615: requires that all public school students in kindergarten and grades 1, 2, and 3 shall have their reading skills assessed … The assessment shall be by a single statewide test specified by the State Board of Education, the State Department of Education shall ensure that testing shall take place not less than two (2) times per year in the relevant grades. Additional assessments may be administered to students who are identified for reading interventions as set forth in section 33-1616, Idaho Code. The state k-3 assessment test results shall be reviewed by school personnel for the purpose of providing necessary interventions to sustain or improve the students’ reading skills.

Of the funds appropriated, no more than one hundred dollars ($100) per student may be used for transportation costs.

A minimum of sixty (60) hours of supplemental instruction for students in kindergarten through grade 3 who score intensive on the reading screening assessment.

A minimum of thirty (30) hours of supplemental instruction for students in kindergarten through grade 3 who score strategic on the reading screening assessment.

Schools may opt to provide the Literacy Intervention before and/or after school, on weekends, during summer or intercession breaks, and/or during the regular school day, supplementing reading instructional hours.

In order to determine eligibility of students for the Literacy Intervention Program, the SDE requires districts to use all of the following criteria:

1. Score intensive or strategic on the fall reading screening assessment (Idaho Reading Indicator)
2. Signed parent permission form

Yes. It is strongly recommended that schools provide further diagnostic and survey level assessments to determine the rate at which students should receive intervention and be progress monitored. Scoring intensive or strategic is an indicator this child’s reading growth should be monitored. If a parent opts not to allow the child to attend intervention outside of the school day or school year, that child should still be progress monitored.

Yes. All public schools and/or charter schools must provide a reading intervention program for qualified students.

October 1st. Plans are submitted to Alison Henken, Alison.henken@sboe.idaho.gov or 208-332-1579. If plans are not submitted, Literacy Intervention funding could be withheld.

Schools must also offer intervention to all Special Education students who participate in reading instruction during the regular school year and who score intensive or strategic on the IRI. A student’s Individual Education Plan team must determine whether the school’s state-funded Literacy Intervention Program is appropriate for such students, or if instructional modifications and/or supports are needed to meet the student’s individual needs. Districts are not required to offer the Literacy Intervention to Special Education students who do not participate in reading instruction during the regular school year. Such students are those who are exempt from taking the regular IRI, since they qualify for an alternate assessment.

Idaho Code §33-1002, line 32 paragraph (t): An amount specified in the public schools educational support program appropriation bill for literacy intervention pursuant to section 33-1616, Idaho Code, the disbursements made to the school districts and public charter schools in the aggregate shall not exceed the total amount appropriated for this purpose and shall be based on the actual costs of such intervention programs. School districts and public charter schools shall be reimbursed in full or in pro rata based on the average number of student in kindergarten through grade 3 who score basic or below basic on the fall statewide reading assessment in the prior three (3) years. Districts will receive the Literacy Expenditure Worksheet in June and need to report how the funds were used. In the Fall, districts will receive information about their literacy intervention funds. Upon receipt and districts will receive funding.