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Board adopts statewide-mandated K–2 reading-risk screener (Amira) for county alternative programs
Summary
Trustees approved adoption of Amira as the K–2 universal screening assessment for risk of reading difficulties for county alternative-education programs; staff said the county assessment team will be trained and will administer the screener to eligible kindergarten through second-grade students.
The Kern County Board of Education voted to adopt the Amira universal screening assessment for kindergarten through second grade as the county office’s screening tool for risk of reading difficulties.
Board members were told this screening requirement is new statewide and that adopting Amira will align the county’s alternative-education and Valley Oaks…
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