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Iowa Education rules tweak teacher-prep reporting, address foundations-of-reading concerns and "three-cueing" method
Summary
The Department of Education updated practitioner-preparation rules to reflect four new laws, clarified that a 90% pass-rate metric would trigger improvement plans (not automatic sanctions), and defended a ban on teaching the "three-cueing" method in foundational reading coursework.
Thomas Mayes, an attorney for the Iowa Department of Education, briefed the committee on rule changes to practitioner preparation that incorporate four pieces of recently enacted legislation.
Mayes explained that the notice revises practitioner-preparation rules and acknowledged two areas of public comment. First, several practitioner-preparation programs raised questions about a proposed 90% pass-rate threshold for the foundations-of-reading assessment for teacher candidates. Mayes clarified: "To be clear, a teacher candidate…
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