ACT 20 - Parents’ Rights or Family Notification/Communication
Your Rights and Role
Receive written results with full explanation within 15 days.
Access dyslexia info & referral rights if at-risk.
Be provided a PRP, sign it, and support its home strategies.
Get an update after 10 weeks of progress monitoring.
Be notified about continuing support if PRP incomplete past 3rd Grade.
View district plans & promotion policies.
File complaints if the school misses deadlines or doesn’t implement PRP.
1. Notification of Assessment Results
Schools must notify parents in writing within 15 days of scoring any reading readiness assessment (universal screening, fundamental skill, or diagnostic). A notice of reading readiness assessment results must be provided “in the native language of the pupil’s parent” and must include the following:
- Your child’s overall and skill‑specific score on the reading readiness assessment.
- The pupil's percentile rank score on the reading readiness assessment, if available.
- The definition of “at-risk” under section 118.016 and the score on the reading readiness assessment that would indicate that a pupil is at-risk.
- A plain language description of the literacy skills the reading readiness assessment is designed to measure.
- If a diagnostic assessment indicates that a pupil is at-risk, then the notice of the assessment results shall include information about how to make a special education referral under section 115.777.
- Parents may request diagnostic assessments for students above the 25th percentile on the screener if they still are concerned about their child’s reading skills. Contact Michelle Boqusit (boquistm@portage.k12.wi.us) to formally request
2. Dyslexia Information
If a diagnostic test indicates your child is “at‑risk,” the school must provide information in writing about:
- Dyslexia characteristics
- Referral processes for special education
- Recommended dyslexia interventions or accommodations
3. Personal Reading Plan (PRP) & Parental Acknowledgement
When a student is identified as “at‑risk,” the school must:
- Provide the PRP to parents and receive a signed copy acknowledging receipt (signature is mandatory)
4. Ongoing Progress Updates
After 10 weeks of interventions outlined in the PRP, the school must notify parents of your child’s progress.
5. Notification Regarding Promotion to 4th Grade
If your child advances to 4th grade without completing their PRP, the school must inform you in writing and explain the continued interventions they will receive.
