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Understanding the Key Components of Structured Literacy

Structured Literacy teaches components of reading and literacy that are essential for students at all tiers to learn how to read.
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The 2022-2023 NAEP Reading Scores and What They Reveal About Literacy for 9- and 13-Year-Old Students

While many states are making strides toward literacy for all students, we still have a long way to go.
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Red Words: Empowering Readers to Increase Fluency

As students practice and apply their decoding skills and learn new red words, their recognition of patterns, positions, and rules will boost their sight word reading.
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The New IMSE Decodable Readers Collection Is Here!

Two-thirds of US students are unable to read at grade level, which is why state legislatures are now mandating that schools implement evidence-based alternatives to ineffective literacy approaches. IMSE’s newest edition of Decodable Readers sets out to equip teachers eagerly…
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What Is Structured Literacy? Part 1 of Structured Literacy vs. Balanced Literacy

In 2016, the International Dyslexia Association coined the term Structured Literacy as a category for evidence-based approaches of explicit instruction, such as Orton-Gillingham, synthetic phonics, phonics-based reading instruction, and systematic reading instruction.
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Greater County Clark Schools Implements the Science of Reading

Greater County Clark Schools Implements the Science of Reading

This Indiana school district transformed its literacy framework to make room for proven strategies.
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