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Maryland reading overhaul should include digital policy, advocates say
Maryland students’ scores on state assessments hold steady
Maryland schools test scores show minimal growth, state leaders not pleased
New Maryland test scores for English, math show little change across schools
WYPR: Statewide test scores stagnate, but Baltimore students see gains
WYPR: Draft literacy policy sparks debate over holding back struggling Maryland third graders
ABC News: New report shows a rapid decline in reading scores in Maryland schools
Reading Reality in America’s Classrooms with Baltimore Superintendent Sonja Santelises
LaTonya Goffney is superintendent of the Aldine Independent School District in Houston, Texas. Sonja Santelises is CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools. Iranetta Wright is superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools. All three are members of Chiefs for Change, a nonprofit bipartisan network of school superintendents and state education leaders. America is finally acknowledging a harsh truth:…
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A Year in Reading Instruction: 7 Developments You Need to Know
States have passed—or begun enacting—laws requiring evidence-based teaching for early learners. Hundreds of thousands of teachers have gone through new training. A popular curriculum program was re-released with changes designed to bring it more in line with reading research, to mixed reviews. These shifts all stem from the movement around the “science of reading”—an effort…
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New York Times: In Memphis, the Phonics Movement Comes to High School
MEMPHIS — For much of his life, Roderick, a high school junior, did not enjoy reading. As a boy, he trudged through picture books that his mother encouraged him to read. As a teenager, he has sometimes wrestled with complex texts at school. “I would read, and I’d go back and reread,” he said. “It’s…
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