The results are “dramatic,” said Devin Kearns, a professor in early literacy at North Carolina State University, who was not ...

Today, children are taught to read using phonics, which is all about the sounds that make up words. Children start by learning the letters and the sounds they make, and how to put them together to ...

Educators need more professional development at the intersection of early childhood education and literacy instruction, ...

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 6-year-olds. At the end of their first year of school (equivalent to ...

When COVID hit in 2020, the fourth graders were in kindergarten, and the eighth graders were in fourth grade ... She drew ...

While the highest-performing students have started to regain lost ground, lower-performing students are falling further ...

The National Assessment on Educational Progress (NAEP) report shows a national drop in reading, and a slight improvement in ...

Play the 'Simple Sounds' mini game on Small Town Superheroes. Use the yellow arrows to navigate to the 'Sally and Percy' section to find the 'Simple Sounds' game. If you can, open the game in a ...

Takeaways from new federal data on student math and reading achievement detail the long and damaging road back from the ...

OG focuses on explicit phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension, with a strong emphasis on the connection between sounds and letters. By using auditory, visual, and kinesthetic modalities, ...