Dyslexia Monitoring

Dyslexia monitoring is conducted by the Monitoring, Review & Support Division with the Office of Special Populations and Monitoring (OSPM) at the Texas Education Agency (TEA). School districts and open-enrollment charter schools are subject to monitoring for compliance with federal and state law and regulations related to dyslexia. Texas Education Code (TEC) §28.006(m) and TEC §38.003(c-1) requires the TEA to:

• effectively audit, monitor, and periodically conduct site visits of all school districts and open enrollment charter schools to ensure that they are complying with the requirements found at TEC §28.006 related to reading diagnoses and at TEC §38.003 related to the screening and treatment for dyslexia and related disorders, including the dyslexia program approved by the State Board of Education (SBOE);
• identify any problems school districts and open enrollment charter schools experience in complying with these requirements, including the dyslexia program approved by the SBOE under this section; and
• develop reasonable and appropriate remedial strategies to address noncompliance.

Based on state mandates, the dyslexia monitoring framework focuses on three core elements: Early Intervention and Identification, Program of Instruction, and Parent Communication. The following areas of implementation are monitored and outlined in this document:

• Dyslexia Procedures
• Parent Communication (education)
• Screening
• Reading Instruments
• Evaluation and Identification
• Instruction
• Progress Monitoring