; (B) individuals to teach in rural communities and teacher shortage areas, including mathematics, science, special education, career and technical education, and the instruction of English learners; and (C) professionals from other occupations, former military personnel, and recent college graduates with a record of academic distinction. (6) Literacy training Strengthening the literacy teaching skills of prospective and, as applicable, new elementary school and secondary school teachers— (A) to implement comprehensive literacy instruction programs (as defined in section 2221(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965); (B) to use screening, formative, diagnostic and summative assessments to determine students' literacy levels, difficulties, and growth in order to improve classroom instruction and improve student reading and writing skills; (C) to provide individualized, intensive, and targeted literacy instruction for students with deficiencies in literacy skills