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Adopting a structured literacy approach to reading instruction is a critical step for districts and schools looking to improve reading outcomes. Could it also be your district’s key to providing equitable opportunities for multilingual learners to help them acquire English oral and reading skills?
Imagine the next time national 4th grade reading comprehension results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) were released, we already knew what they would say.
The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores have revealed what educators feared — 4th and 8th grade reading test results have continued to slide downward.
As districts move to replace the “whole language approach” to reading instruction with methods that are aligned to the Science of Reading, administrators have a fresh challenge on their hands — how to get rid of whole language for good.
Big changes for Massachusetts reading instruction are on the horizon, and there’s good news for school districts. More funding may be available to help your students succeed.
How do schools increase parental involvement in their children’s reading performance? It’s a question district and school leaders have been grappling with for years, but finding the answers may be more important now than ever before.
The research on what happens if 1st graders haven’t reached a 1st grade reading level by the end of the school year has made one thing perfectly clear — students who need extra support to learn to read cannot wait for help. Reading intervention should begin in the primary grades, and it must be evidence-based.
Year after year, the Georgia Milestones Assessment System (GMAS) test scores show far too few Georgia 3rd graders are reading at proficient levels. Where should district and school leaders be looking to reverse that trend?
The STAAR test has seen a lot of changes in recent years. There’s been the addition of a writing test for Texas 3rd graders, a move to AI grading, and now there are new question types on top of the traditional multiple-choice questions
When it comes to teaching kids to read, instruction that aligns to the Science of Reading is in; the balanced literacy approach is out.