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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
SENATE AMENDMENT 3,
TO SENATE BILL 454
October 19, 2021 - Offered by Senator Bernier.
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8“(am) “Diagnostic assessment” means a tool that includes all of the following:
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1. An assessment that evaluates a pupil's skill in the areas listed in par. (n) 1.
10to 5., rapid naming, phonological awareness, word recognition, spelling, vocabulary,
11listening comprehension, and, when developmentally appropriate for the pupil, oral
12reading fluency and reading comprehension.
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12. An opportunity for a pupil's parent to complete a family history survey to
2provide additional information about learning difficulties in the pupil's family.”.
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911. Page 8, line 8: delete the material beginning with “level 1" and ending with
10“level 2 screening" on line 9 and substitute “or diagnostic”.
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13“6. Oral vocabulary.”.
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17“(bm)
Diagnostic assessment. Assess a pupil using a diagnostic assessment as
18follows:
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1. No later than the 2nd Friday of November if a universal screening
20assessment administered under par. (a) 1. indicates that the pupil is at-risk.
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2. Within 10 days after a universal screening assessment is administered
22under par. (a) 2. if the universal screening assessment indicates that the pupil is
23at-risk.
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13. Within 20 days after a teacher or parent who suspects that the pupil has
2characteristics of dyslexia submits a request for a diagnostic assessment.”
.
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434. Page 12, line 1: delete the material beginning with “If" and ending with
5“a description" on line 2 and substitute “A description”.
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11“(am)
Deadlines for plan creation. If a school board or operator of an
12independent charter school is required to create a personal reading plan for a pupil
13under par. (a) 1., the school board or operator shall prepare the personal reading plan
14as follows:
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1. If the pupil is identified as at-risk based on a universal screening assessment
16administered under sub. (3) (a) 1. or based on a diagnostic assessment administered
17under sub. (3) (bm) 1., no later than the 2nd Friday of November.
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2. If the pupil is identified as at-risk based on a universal screening assessment
19administered under sub. (3) (a) 2. or based on a diagnostic assessment administered
20under sub. (3) (bm) 2., within 10 days after the applicable screening assessment is
21administered.”.
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647. Page 14, line 11: delete the material beginning with “level" and ending
7with “assessment" on line 12 and substitute “diagnostic assessment".
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14“cm. Diagnostic assessments.”.
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18“3. The department may include a universal screening assessment on the list
19under subd. 1. b. and may include a diagnostic assessment on the list under subd.
201. cm. only if the assessment meets all of the following criteria:
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a. The assessment is aligned with the model academic standards in reading and
22language arts, including foundational reading skills.
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1b. The assessment has a sensitivity rate of at least 70 percent and a specificity
2rate of at least 80 percent.”.
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458. Page 16, line 3: delete that line and substitute “reading readiness
5assessments approved under sub. (8) (a) for that school year.”.
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659. Page 16, line 11: delete “screening assessment on a list of approved
7screening" and substitute “assessment on a list of approved".
