75 per cent in 2018 and 73 per cent in 2019. But researchers warned it was “particularly difficult to examine whether the check may have had an impact at key stage 2, because reformed assessments at ...

THE reading skills of the poorest pupils in Essex are worse than before the pandemic and nearly a fifth below the overall rate for all pupils. Department for Education figures show 64 per cent ...

The publication of Grant’s research coincides with this week’s government phonics screening check, to measure the progress of over 500,000 second grade (year one) students across the United Kingdom.

The Education Policy Institute said it found no evidence children's reading improved as a result of the 2012 introduction of phonics screening checks during their first year of school. It also found ...

The Education Policy Institute said it found no evidence children's reading improved as a result of the 2012 introduction of phonics screening checks during their first year of school. It also ...

Department for Education figures show 69 per cent of children eligible for free school meals in Wigan reached the required standard in a national phonics check at the end of the 2023-24 academic year.

Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she ...

An HIV screening test checks to see if you’ve been infected with the HIV virus. About 1.2 million people in the U.S. have HIV. But about 1 in 7 people don’t know their HIV status, and about 40 ...

This emotional intelligence test will evaluate several aspects of your emotional intelligence and will suggest ways to improve it. Please be honest and answer according to what you really do ...

“Dyslexia is very simply put, a difficulty in learning to read and write fluently,” says Professor Snowling, “The first manifestation is usually a difficulty in learning letters and how to ...

The approach is often referred to as structure literacy because it focuses on phonics and other foundational skills for reading. “It is rocket science,” Smith said. A 2019 law requires Texas educators ...