Legislation

§ 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.