Reading Sufficiency ActFocused on Students Reading by Grade 3

What is Oklahoma’s Reading Sufficiency Act

(RSA)?

How do students get promoted?How do students get promoted?

How Do I Know If My Child Is At Risk Of Being Retained?

If My Child Is Retained – What Then?The school will work with parents to effectively plan the best strategy to increase the retained student’s reading success. The school will continue remediation based on this academic progress plan.

Are There Exemptions to the RSA Law? Yes – There are six “Good Cause” exemptions for some students who score Unsatisfactory on the reading test.

Exemption 1

•Students identified ELL prior to taking the OCCT by the

ACCESS test and have had less than 2 years in an ELL

program may be promoted.

Exemption 2

•Students with an IEP prior to state assessment that

directs the student will be assessed with the Oklahoma

Alternate Assessment Program(OAAP) may be promoted.

Exemption 3

•Students with a score in the 45th percentile on the

reading comprehension portion of the Iowa Test of Basic

Skills test will qualify.

Exemption 4

•Students who demonstrate mastery of the state

standards through state approved portfolios may be

promoted.

Exemption 5

•Students on an IEP with two years of intensive reading

remediation, with a reading deficiency indicated in the

IEP, and retained for one year may be promoted.

Exemption 6

•Regular education students who have been retained

twice and have had two years of reading remediation may

be promoted.

How Can I Help My Child Read at Home?• For resources in helping your child read by 3rd

grade visit our new parent resource website.http://parents.tulsaschools.org/