For anyone who cares about student literacy, the past few years have given us reason to cheer. While trends in national test ...

New York officials want teacher preparation programs to adopt science of reading training, expand literacy-focused student ...

There were two huge developments in the literacy world early this year. First, the emergence of a phonics program that could impact outcomes “dramatically.” Gains for 1 st graders from the ...

The science of reading has largely won the policy debate. Over the last decade, state after state has embraced evidence-based ...

In classrooms across the country, teachers are rethinking how students build reading comprehension — not just how they decode words, but how they make meaning from text. That shift is part of a larger ...

Mastery of reading requires developing its highly interrelated major component skills: decoding, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. These components are discussed separately below, but they work ...

Adults lead complex lives with limits on the amount of time they have to engage in formal learning. This reality, combined with the amount of effort and practice needed to develop one’s literacy ...

Many states have recently enacted laws or rules designed to ensure that teachers are well versed in evidence-based reading instruction. Here are some highlights. Requires districts to provide core ...

More than 650 Georgia educators, including 450 classroom teachers and 200 district and school instructional leaders ...

DPI's new literacy director says stronger school support and patience are key to improving the state's lagging reading scores.

North Carolina's literacy journey is at a transition point. Statewide training has evolved into coaching and continuous ...