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assessment factors. The following age-appropriate factors must be considered when conducting a reading and writing assessment of the student to determine whether or not Braille instruction must begin or continue: (1) Reading readiness; (2) Functional reading skills including reading level, print size, reading rate, comprehension, and stamina; (3) Functional writing skills; (4) Prognosis of eye condition for change in visual status; (5) Functional communication skills and primary language of communication; (6) Functional visual abilities; and (7) Tactile discrimination.
Source: 18 SDR 158, effective March 31, 1992; 23 SDR 31, effective September 8, 1996.