If kids don’t master this foundational decoding skill, they will likely struggle to read more challenging texts. Clearly, decoding is an important and fundamental reading skill. So why don’t we test ...
England does. Starting in 2012, the Brits started giving a phonics check to all 6-year-olds. At the end of their first year of school (equivalent to kindergarten), kids are given a list of 40 ...
The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not involved with the study. Gains from UFLI are equivalent to 8 months of ...
JENNY Priestley was a primary school teacher for two decades. In September 2022, the mum-of-two wanted to take her boys to school and pick them up each day, and attend some of their activities.