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The Simple View of Reading as a framework for national literacy initiatives: a hierarchical model of pupil-level and classroom-level factors

The Simple View of Reading (SVR) describes Reading Comprehension as the product of distinct child-level variance in decoding (D) and linguistic comprehension (LC) component abilities. When used as a ...
Education Week

A Simple Formula to Improve Reading and Writing Skills

In a recent opinion essay, I defended the primacy of traditional literacy skills against the National Council of Teachers of English ’s mystifying call to “decenter” them. In this essay, I will ...
GBH

A record number of students lack basic reading skills. Can this approach help?

Experts weigh how a linguistics-based approach, compared to the more recent "balanced literacy" methods, may increase ...
Forbes

New Study Suggests Standardized Reading Tests Miss A Lot Of Learning

It can take years for students to acquire enough academic knowledge to make a difference in reading test scores. A new study suggests that standardized reading tests often fail to reflect what ...
Education Week

Reading Comprehension Teaching Has Improved—But Not Nearly Enough

There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...
The New York Times

There Is a Right Way to Teach Reading, and Mississippi Knows It

The state’s reliance on cognitive science explains why. By Emily Hanford Ms. Hanford is the senior education correspondent for APM Reports. “Thank God for Mississippi.” That’s a phrase people would ...