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Teacher Question: I teach in a K-3 primary school. My school is making a big deal out of decodable texts. All the reading instruction in Grades K and 1 is focused on decodables. These texts are promoted in our library and in the book lists...
The latest reading test results should be troubling to all. I’m reacting to the PISA results that were recently issued (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2026). PISA – Programme for International Student Assessment – is the test used to compare nations in academic performance. These reading, math, and science results were from a 2025 test administered in 91 countries. Usually, our concerns about PISA scores have had to do with how many countries have passed us this time in the reading ability of their 15-year-olds. Not this time. No, this year we held...
Blast from the Past: This entry first appeared on August 19, 2018, and was reposted on September 19, 2026. The reason for reposting is because research on the pedagogical value of morphology teaching continues to burgeon. What might have be...
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