Defines Comprehensive Literacy Instruction as age-appropriate, explicit, systematic, and intentional instruction in phonological awareness, phonics, decoding, vocabulary, language structure, reading fluency, and reading comprehension;
Screening: requires use of age-appropriate, valid, and reliable screening assessments, diagnostic assessments, formative assessment processes, and summative assessments to identify a child’s learning needs, to inform instruction, and to monitor the child’s progress and the effects of instruction;
