1 CCR 301-90-6.0 - APPLICATION EVALUATION CRITERIA

6.1 In reviewing applications for the Comprehensive and Professional Development Early Literacy Grant to recommend which applicants should receive grant funding and the duration and amount of each grant, the Department shall consider the following criteria:

6.1(A) The percentage of kindergarten and first-, second-, and third-grade students enrolled in the applying local education provider or group of local education providers who have Significant Reading Deficiencies and the percentage of kindergarten and first-, second-, and third-grade students who do not have Significant Reading Deficiencies but who are not meeting grade-level expectations in reading adopted by the State Board;

6.1(B) The use or proposed use of instructional programming which is aligned to the READ Act and is Evidence-Based or Scientifically-Based;

6.1(C) Whether the local education provider or group of local education providers employs reading coaches or plans to use all or a portion of the grant money to employ reading coaches;

6.1(D) The degree to which the instructional program incorporates the effective use of technology, including software, to assist in assessing and monitoring student progress toward reading competency;

6.1(E) In the case of a board of cooperative services that applies for a grant to provide instructional support in literacy, the number of small rural school districts, the number of kindergarten and first-, second-, and third-grade students enrolled in the small rural school districts, and the resources available to the small rural school districts that will receive instructional support as a result of the grant;

6.1(F) The quality of the professional development program(s) that the applicant(s) plan to implement for educators to assist students in kindergarten and first-, second-, and third-grade students to achieve reading competency;

6.1(G) The plan the applicant has to sustain positive student gains over time;

6.1(H) The cost of the instructional program that the applicant(s) plan to implement using the grant money; and

6.1(I) The rigor with which the applicant(s) intend(s) to monitor and evaluate the implementation of the proposed program.

6.2 In reviewing applications for the Early Literacy Sustainability Grant to recommend which applicants should receive grant funding, the duration, and the amount of each grant, the Department shall consider the following:

6.2(A) How and what local funds will be used to support literacy achievement over time;

6.2(B) The transition plan to ensure that new personnel and stakeholders are aligned to the grant efforts;

6.2(C) The professional development plan to build system capacity as consultant and CDE support transition out of the system; and

6.2(D) The quality of the written plan describing how support and continued professional growth will be offered through and beyond the sustainability fund year aligned to ongoing monitoring of student growth and progress.

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1 CCR 301-90-6.0

41 CR 21, November 10, 2018, effective 11/30/2018 42 CR 19, October 10, 2019, effective 10/30/2019 43 CR 06, March 25, 2020, effective 4/15/2020