1. READ Act Budget Planning Survey
2019 READ Data Collection

2. Objectives
READ Act Reporting Requirements
Purpose of the READ Data Collection
Review Budget Planning and Reporting Survey
Budget Planning Survey Considerations
READ Collection Resources

3. Reporting Requirements and Purpose of the READ Data Collection

4. READ Act Reporting Requirements
House Bill : The Colorado READ Act
Reporting Requirement
How CDE Collects
Prevalence of SRD in K-3 students
SRD Status
READ plan status
READ assessment and score
READ Data File – implemented in 2013
Clarified for students with disabilities in 2016
Advancement information for students identified with SRD
READ Data File – implemented in 2013, but required in 2014
READ fund usage
How READ funds were utilized
Number and grade level of students served
READ Data File – implemented in 2014, but required in 2015
District budget plan
Budget Planning Survey – implemented in 2017

5. Purpose of READ Collection
The purpose of the READ collection is to collect student level data needed to fulfill statutory requirements
Data collected in READ is also used to determine the distribution of per-pupil intervention funds for students identified as having significant reading deficiencies (SRD)
The Early Literacy Fund provides districts with per-pupil intervention funds to help support programs to meet the needs of students with SRD who received services

6. Criteria for READ Collection
Each spring districts create and submit records for all K-3rd grade students enrolled at the time of data submission and 4-12th grade cohort students who are included in the READ 4-12th grade cohort from any district AND;
The Budget Planning Survey in Pipeline that asks districts to identify which of the five statutory intervention categories they intend to use in the coming budget year to support students identified as having an SRD

7. Budget Planning and Reporting Survey

8. Budget Planning and Reporting Survey
CDE is required per statute to review fund usage for the following services:
Summer school literacy programs
Targeted, scientifically or evidence-based intervention services
Districts are required to submit budget planning information for the upcoming budget year to CDE prior to receiving READ Act funds in August
The READ budget planning survey will consist of five, Yes or No questions that will be collected at a district level and submitted in addition to the LEP’s READ data file

9. READ Budget Planning Survey Guidance Document
READ Budget Planning Template can be found here:

10. Budget Planning Survey Considerations
Program reviews will take place throughout the collection so districts can submit “other” program as early as possible
If survey includes “other” program not yet reviewed by CDE and you haven’t taken advantage of an earlier submission then budget planning survey and program review materials are due to CDE 6/3
If intervention program has been reviewed in the past and not recommended for Advisory List of programs, program may not be submitted again at this time – district will need to remove program in survey prior to survey approval
All budget planning survey must be submitted to CDE by COB June 14th

11. READ Collection Resources
READ Collection resources can be found at: eline
Upcoming webinars
Data collection timeline
Data elements & definitions
File layout
Business Rules
Additional resources such as FAQ document, assessment cut scores for determining SRD, template for submitting budget planning survey, etc.
Questions? Contact Whitney Hutton, READ Data Collection Manager
Phone: