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.
Clearly, decoding is an important and fundamental reading skill. So why don’t we test for it in the United States? England does. Starting in 2012, the Brits started giving a phonics check to all ...
It required schools to shift away from “balanced literacy” curriculum to a phonics-based model known as “the science of reading” beginning this school year. The law also prohibits the use ...