(A) Is based on strong evidence from at least 1 well-designed and well-implemented experimental study .
(B) Is based on moderate evidence from at least 1 well-designed and well-implemented quasi-experimental study.
(C) Is based on promising evidence from at least 1 well-designed and well-implemented correlational study with statistical controls for selection bias.
(D) Demonstrates a rationale based on high-quality research findings or positive evaluation that the activity, program, process, service, strategy, or intervention is likely to improve pupil outcomes or other relevant outcomes.
(ii) Includes ongoing efforts to examine the effects of the activity, program, process, service, strategy, or intervention.
(c) “Multi-tiered system of support (MTSS)” means a comprehensive framework that includes 3 distinct tiers of instructional support and is composed of a collection of evidence-based strategies designed to meet the individual needs and assets of a whole pupil at all achievement levels.
(d) “Science of reading” means a cumulative and evolving body of evidence whose research studies follow a scientific process of inquiry and utilize scientific methods to help answer questions related to reading development and issues related to reading and writing derived from research from multiple fields of cognitive psychology, communication sciences, developmental psychology, education, special education, implementation science, linguistics, and neuroscience.
(e) “Structured language and literacy” means systematic, direct, explicit, cumulative, and diagnostic instruction that integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing and emphasizes the structure of language across the speech sound system (phonology); the writing system (orthography); the structure of sentences (syntax); the meaningful parts of words (morphology); the meaning of words, phrases, sentences, and text (semantics); and the processing of oral and written discourse. ” and renumbering the remaining subsection.
The question being on the adoption of the amendment,
Senator Lauwers requested the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered, 1/5 of the members present voting therefor.
The amendment was not adopted, a majority of the members serving not voting therefor, as follows: