Once students can decode, they need ongoing and thoughtful instruction to understand, interpret, and engage with what they read.

“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...

These fundamental skills include the abilities to recognize letters, map sounds to those letters, piece written words together fluently, understand the meaning of individual words and phrases, utilize ...