But as the science of reading movement has spread, researchers and advocates have taken aim at this method—and more generally, the idea of using “sight word” lists as an instructional tool.

"More than half of Massachusetts third-grade students are not proficient readers. Stop and take that in," write two education ...

COVID-19 shuttered classroom doors, St. Louis’s Premier Charter School was acclimating not only to a new normal, but to a new ...

On one side are the proponents of the "science of reading" movement, a phonics- and cognitive-based instructional method. The opposing side champions "balanced literacy," emphasizing word ...

Students across Oregon are still struggling with reading and writing – but a Eugene area district says it's seeing ...

California’s push to adopt the science of reading approach to early literacy is in sync ... since it trains children to use pictures to recognize words on sight, also known as three-cueing. The new ...

Science of reading refers to research-based teaching strategies that ... instruction in phonics and instead trains children to use pictures to identify words on sight, also known as three-cueing.