Here is the report for the phonics results at the end of Year One (6 year olds) and the literacy results for the end of Key Stage One (7 year olds): https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/851296/Phonics_screening_check_and_key_stage_1_assessme...

Here is a piece in APM Reports continuing to feature the battle between proponents of different reading instruction methods: New salvos in the battles over reading instruction Several powerful people and organizations have weighed in on the national conversation prompted by APM Reports' podcast epis...

Here is the report for the UK from the National Foundation for Educational Research (NFER): PISA 2018 results – what do they mean for the UK? https://www.nfer.ac.uk/news-events/nfer-spotlight/pisa-2018/?dm_i=4R3K,9NU3,10HZXE,10RWO,1 On Tuesday 3 December, the Programme for International Student Asse...

Some outrageous comments made by phonics detractor, Dr Richard Allington, has caused quite a Twitter storm. This is yet another example of how some academics in the field of literacy undermine research-informed reading instruction - and criticise those people promoting it! Zack Barnes alerted folks ...

This news from Tasmania of a 'Phonics Testing Pilot' is a fantastic development! http://www.premier.tas.gov.au/releases/phonics_testing_pilot?fbclid=IwAR2Zog98RXGsQq8Cu6pNk3SDyLTEWC4Fayv7ogondG17r3ec5FjDqSGESdY 17 December 2019 Jeremy Rockliff, Minister for Education and Training Phonics Testing Pil...

Education Correspondent Rebecca Urban writes about the resistance to embed phonics in teacher training but also the counter to this by members of the DDOLL network (Developmental Disorders of Language and Literacy). It's all happening in Australia thanks to individuals such as Jennifer Buckingham an...

On the same topic, this article features in The Educator, Australia : Consensus at last: States back government’s education overhaul by Brett Henebery 12 Dec 2019 https://www.theeducatoronline.com/k12/news/consensus-at-last-states-back-governments-education-overhaul/268950 ...The unanimous agreement...

As is clear from the various topics featured via the IFERI forum, there is an ongoing battle to improve teacher-training in research-informed reading instruction particularly with regard to the training of student-teachers and teachers in systematic phonics provision. This statement is very signific...

More about multi-cueing reading strategies that do not align with the findings of research:

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The debate about reading instruction is really hotting up in the USA thanks to the journalism of Emily Hanford. Here is thread featuring author Lucy Calkins' reaction and criticism of Emily Hanford's contribution. Lucy wrote an essay entitled, No One Gets To Own the Term 'Science of Reading' - just ...