AB558-ASA1,8,2321 1. For a teacher, the extent to which the teacher's practice meets the core
22teaching standards adopted by the 2011 Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support
23Consortium.
AB558-ASA1,9,3
12. For a principal, the extent to which the principal's practice meets the 2008
2Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy
3Standards.
AB558-ASA1,9,54 (c) A teacher or principal evaluated under this subsection shall be placed in one
5of at least 4 performance categories.
AB558-ASA1,9,14 6(3) (a) The department shall promulgate by rule an equivalency process
7aligned with the evaluation system established under sub. (2) for a school district or
8a charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) seeking to utilize an alternative
9process for the evaluation of teacher and principal practice. The process under this
10subsection shall be based on the criteria established in the 2011 Interstate Teacher
11Assessment and Support Consortium and the 2008 Interstate School Leaders
12Licensure Consortium Educational Leadership Policy Standards, and a school
13district or charter school established under s. 118.40 (2r) that uses the process under
14this subsection shall evaluate the performance of teachers in the following domains:
AB558-ASA1,9,1515 1. Planning and preparation.
AB558-ASA1,9,1616 2. The classroom environment.
AB558-ASA1,9,1717 3. Instruction.
AB558-ASA1,9,1818 4. Professional responsibilities and development.
AB558-ASA1,9,2019 (b) A teacher or principal evaluated under this subsection shall be placed in one
20of at least 4 performance categories.
AB558-ASA1, s. 20 21Section 20. 118.016 of the statutes is created to read:
AB558-ASA1,9,25 22118.016 Assessments of reading readiness. (1) (a) Beginning in the
232012-13 school year, each school board and the governing body of each charter school
24established under s. 118.40 (2r) shall, using the appropriate norm-referenced
25assessment of literacy fundamentals selected by the department, annually assess

1each pupil enrolled in 5-year-old kindergarten in the school district or in the charter
2school for reading readiness. The department shall ensure that the assessment
3evaluates whether a pupil possesses phonemic awareness, rapid naming, and letter
4sound knowledge.
AB558-ASA1,10,75 (b) If the department determines that sufficient moneys are available, the
6school board and governing body shall also assess each pupil enrolled in 4-year-old
7kindergarten.
AB558-ASA1,10,10 8(1g) (a) If a pupil is enrolled in a special education program under subch. V of
9ch. 115, the school board or operator of the charter school under s. 118.40 (2r) shall
10comply with s. 115.77 (1m) (bg).
AB558-ASA1,10,1311 (b) If a pupil's assessment indicates that he or she may have a disability, the
12pupil shall be referred to the local educational agency, as defined in s. 115.76 (10),
13in the manner described in s. 115.777 (2).
AB558-ASA1,10,15 14(1r) The school board or governing body of the charter school shall report the
15results of a pupil's assessment under sub. (1) to the pupil's parent or guardian.
AB558-ASA1,10,19 16(2) The school board of the school district or governing body of the charter
17school in which the pupil is enrolled shall provide a pupil whose assessment under
18sub. (1) indicates that he or she is at risk of reading difficulty with interventions or
19remedial reading services, as described under s. 121.02 (1) (c).
AB558-ASA1, s. 21 20Section 21. 118.19 (14) of the statutes is created to read:
AB558-ASA1,11,821 118.19 (14) (a) The department may not issue an initial teaching license that
22authorizes the holder to teach in grades kindergarten to 5 or in special education, an
23initial license as a reading teacher, or an initial license as a reading specialist, unless
24the applicant has passed an examination that evaluates the applicant's knowledge
25of reading development and scientifically based reading instruction; integration of

1knowledge and understanding phonological and phonemic awareness; concepts of
2print and the alphabetic principles; the role of phonics in promoting reading
3development; word analysis skills and strategies; vocabulary development; the
4application of reading comprehension skills and strategies to imaginative, literary,
5informational, and expository texts; formal and informal methods of assessing
6reading development; multiple approaches to reading instruction; development of
7reading curricula; and the evaluation of the results of instruments used to screen
8pupils for reading acquisition skills.
AB558-ASA1,11,129 (b) 1. Points for questions relating to phonics, phonemic awareness, and
10vocabulary shall constitute more than 50 percent of the maximum number of points
11attainable on the examination under par. (a). The passing score on the examination
12under par. (a) shall be 70.5 percent.
AB558-ASA1,11,1513 2. If the examination under par. (a) is part of a broader examination, the
14requirements in subd. 1. apply to the portion of the broader examination that is
15described in par. (a).
AB558-ASA1,11,1816 (c) Any teacher who passes the examination under par. (a) shall notify the
17department, which shall add a notation to the teacher's license indicating that he or
18she passed the examination.
AB558-ASA1, s. 22 19Section 22. 119.04 (1) of the statutes, as affected by 2011 Wisconsin Act 85,
20is amended to read:
AB558-ASA1,12,521 119.04 (1) Subchapters IV, V and VII of ch. 115, ch. 121 and ss. 66.0235 (3) (c),
2266.0603 (1m) to (3), 115.01 (1) and (2), 115.28, 115.31, 115.33, 115.34, 115.343,
23115.345, 115.365 (3), 115.38 (2), 115.415, 115.445, 118.001 to 118.04, 118.045, 118.06,
24118.07, 118.075, 118.076, 118.10, 118.12, 118.125 to 118.14, 118.145 (4), 118.15,
25118.153, 118.16, 118.162, 118.163, 118.164, 118.18, 118.19, 118.20, 118.223, 118.225,

1118.24 (1), (2) (c) to (f), (6), (8), and (10), 118.245, 118.255, 118.258, 118.291, 118.292,
2118.30 to 118.43, 118.46, 118.51, 118.52, 118.55, 120.12 (2m), (4m), (5), and (15) to
3(27), 120.125, 120.13 (1), (2) (b) to (g), (3), (14), (17) to (19), (26), (34), (35), (37), (37m),
4and (38), 120.14, 120.21 (3), and 120.25 are applicable to a 1st class city school district
5and board.
AB558-ASA1, s. 23 6Section 23. 120.12 (2m) of the statutes is created to read:
AB558-ASA1,12,107 120.12 (2m) Educator effectiveness. (a) Beginning in the 2014-15 school
8year, evaluate the effectiveness of each teacher and principal employed by the school
9district using either the system established under s. 115.415 (2) or the equivalency
10process established by rule under s. 115.415 (3).
AB558-ASA1,12,1211 (b) Ensure that the results of evaluations conducted under this subsection are
12not subject to public inspection, copying, or disclosure under s. 19.35.
AB558-ASA1, s. 24 13Section 24. 121.02 (1) (c) (intro.) of the statutes is amended to read:
AB558-ASA1,12,1514 121.02 (1) (c) (intro.) Provide interventions or remedial reading services for a
15pupil in grades kindergarten to 4 if any of the following occurs:
AB558-ASA1, s. 25 16Section 25. 121.02 (1) (c) 3. of the statutes is created to read:
AB558-ASA1,12,2117 121.02 (1) (c) 3. The pupil's reading assessment under s. 118.016 indicates that
18the pupil is at risk of reading difficulty. If this subdivision applies, the interventions
19or services provided the pupil shall be scientifically based and shall address all areas
20in which the pupil is deficient in a manner consistent with the state standards in
21reading and language arts.
AB558-ASA1, s. 26 22Section 26. Nonstatutory provisions.
AB558-ASA1,13,323 (1) Educator effectiveness evaluation system. Notwithstanding section
2416.42 (1) (e) of the statutes, in submitting information under section 16.42 of the
25statutes for purposes of the 2013-15 biennial budget bill, the department of public

1instruction shall submit information concerning the cost of developing and
2implementing the educator effectiveness evaluation system and equivalency process
3under section 115.415 of the statutes, as created by this act.
AB558-ASA1,13,84 (2) Read to lead development council. Notwithstanding the length of terms
5specified in section 14.017 (5) (a) 5. of the statutes, as created by this act, 5 of the
6initial members under that section shall be appointed for 2-year terms, 6 of the
7initial members shall be appointed for 3-year terms, and 5 of the initial members
8shall be appointed for 4-year terms.
AB558-ASA1, s. 27 9Section 27. Fiscal changes.
AB558-ASA1,13,1310 (1) Transfer to governor's read to lead development fund. There is
11transferred from the general fund to the governor's read to lead development fund
12$400,000 in the first fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes
13effect.
AB558-ASA1, s. 28 14Section 28. Initial applicability.
AB558-ASA1,13,17 15(1) Teaching license. The treatment of section 118.19 (14) (a) of the statutes
16first applies to an application for a teaching license received by the department of
17public instruction on January 1, 2014.
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