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Per House Bill 3 (HB 3), passed by the 86th Texas Legislature in June of 2019, all kindergarten through third grade teachers and principals must attend a teacher literacy achievement academy by the 2022-2023 school year.

The goal of the Texas Reading Academies is to increase teacher knowledge and implementation of evidence-based practices to positively impact student literacy achievement.


Learning Paths of the Texas Reading Academies:

  • General and special education teachers (English Language Arts)

  • Bilingual general education and bilingual special education teachers (Biliteracy)

  • Administrators

Science of Teaching Reading (STR) Exam

Domain 1:

Competency 001: Foundations of the Science of Teaching Reading
Competency 002: Foundations of Reading Assessment

Domain 2:

Competency 003: Oral Language Foundations of Reading Development
Competency 004: Phonological and Phonemic Awareness
Competency 005: Print Concepts and Alphabet Knowledge
Competency 006: Phonics and Other Word Identification Skills
Competency 007: Syllabication and Morphemic Analysis Skills
Competency 008: Reading Fluency

Domain 3:

Competency 009: Vocabulary Development
Competency 010: Comprehension Development
Competency 011: Comprehension of Literary Texts
Competency 012: Comprehension of Informal Texts

Domain 4:

Competency 013: Analysis and Response