Small: A renewed focus on reading instruction is good news

4/2/2024

A renewed focus on reading instruction

By Jonathan Small

Reading instruction is receiving lawmakers’ attention this year. That’s good news because Oklahoma has much ground to make up.

In 2011, lawmakers strengthened the state’s reading law, requiring students to retake the third grade if they were reading far below grade level, and providing remediation to struggling students.

That program drew wails from many public-school officials—but it worked. Reading performance improved dramatically from 2011 to 2015 on National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) tests.

By 2015, Oklahoma recorded the third-largest gain in the country on fourth-grade reading scores on NAEP and the state score was above the national average.

But then lawmakers watered down the state’s third-grade reading law and made social promotion easier.

by Muskogee Politico - April 02, 2024 at 07:55AM

Small: A renewed focus on reading instruction is good news
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