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“We are now adopting the Bluebonnet phonics component. So the reading is split into skills and knowledge. Skills is the ...

As the results of the Year One Phonics Check are made available, this is how you can help your child if they score below the ...

Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

Phonics was one of the tried and true methods that was used to teach reading back in the day (I’m almost 80). Even now, I use it to sound out new words that I come across.

Next week, the unpopular teacher licensure test, the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment, will be officially retired ...

Too many of California’s children cannot read. Schools must do things differently to change that, and they should start with ...

A primary school in Peterborough has been awarded for its phonics teaching – helping young pupils to learn the sounds of ...

California’s dismal reading scores point to the need to bolster early literacy, but here's why experts say it may be possible ...

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below ...

Lawmakers have so far released just $9 million to help implement the curriculum, leaving more than $40 million unspent.