Reading Instruction Competence Assessment

found: Work cat.: Boosalis, Chris Nicholas. Beating the RICA, 2003:p. 1 (A law was passed that required all new candidates for an elementary teaching credential to take an exam to prove their ability to deliver reading instruction in grades kindergarten through eight. National Evaluation Systems ... was contracted to develop the exam, and it is called the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA))

found: Reading Instruction Competence Assessment WWW home page, Oct. 6, 2006(An important element of the California Reading Initiative is Educational Code Section 44283, which is foremost among the efforts to improve the preservice preparation of teacher candidates. The law requires the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC) to develop, adopt, and administer a reading instruction competence assessment ... to measure an individuals knowledge, skill, and ability relative to effective reading instruction. National Evaluation Systems, Inc. (NESʼ), was contracted by the CCTC to assist in the development, administration, and scoring of this assessment, which is known as the Reading Instruction Competence Assessmentʼ (RICAʼ)