Education Law § 819 · Article 17. Instruction In Certain Subjects
Evidence-based mathematics instruction
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§ 819. Evidence-based mathematics instruction. 1. (a) On or before January first, two thousand twenty-seven, the commissioner shall provide school districts with instructional best practices for numeracy, as defined by the commissioner, and the teaching of mathematics to students in kindergarten through grade five. Instructional best practices for numeracy and the teaching of mathematics shall be evidence-based. Such instructional best practices shall be periodically updated by the commissioner.
(b) Every school district shall annually review their curriculum and instructional practices in the subject of mathematics for students in kindergarten through grade five to ensure that they align with the mathematics instructional best practices provided by the commissioner, and that all early mathematics instructional practices and interventions are part of an aligned plan designed to improve student mathematics outcomes in kindergarten through grade five.
2. On or before September first, two thousand twenty-seven, each school district shall verify to the commissioner that its curriculum and instructional practices in the subject of mathematics in kindergarten through grade five align with all of the elements of the instructional best practices provided by the commissioner pursuant to this section.
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