Education Code section 44283.1

(a)

As of the effective date of this section, an applicant for a preliminary multiple subject teaching credential or a preliminary education specialist instruction credential will hold a passing reading instruction competence assessment score prospectively if, within the 10 calendar years following the date the score was earned, the applicant has achieved a reading instruction competence assessment examination score as follows:

(1)

A score of 198 earned on the 2009 single administration reading instruction competence assessment examination before July 26, 2021.

(2)

A score of 198 earned on each subtest of the three-subtest version of the reading instruction competence assessment on or after July 26, 2021.

(b)

This section supersedes subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 80071 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.

Source: Section 44283.1, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=44283.­1.­ (updated Jun. 27, 2025; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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