A quick screening test will be administered to all students in kindergarten through second grade to detect possible reading ...

California schools use about half a dozen reading curricula, and some are more phonics-based than others. Typically, schools use a combination of programs and give teachers some leeway.

Tuck said he’s confident most schools will opt to use the new instructional ... But about 80% of districts don’t, according to research by the California Reading Coalition, a literacy advocacy ...

including schools in California, were teaching children to read by guessing at words (part of an approach often referred to as “balanced literacy”) rather than learning basic reading skills ...

California schools use about half a dozen reading curricula, and some are more phonics-based than others. Typically, schools use a combination of programs and give teachers some leeway.

Instilling a life-long love of reading in children ... evidence-based literacy instruction policies, many schools in California continue relying on “balanced literacy” approaches that ...

Tuck said he’s confident most schools will opt to use the new instructional ... But about 80% of districts don’t, according to research by the California Reading Coalition, a literacy advocacy ...

Tuck said he’s confident most schools will opt to use the new instructional materials ... But about 80% of districts don’t, according to research by the California Reading Coalition, a literacy ...