The Department for Education (DfE) in England has released the statutory Year 1 phonics screening check results: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/key-stage-1-and-phonics-screening-check-attainment/2022-23 These results are better than the 2022 results although they...

Here is a good interview of American journalist, Emily Hanford, visiting New Zealand where awareness for the need for 'structured literacy' which includes explicit phonics teaching is discussed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLP_KJ1ztDU Hopefully, this marks New Zealand moving away from Marie Clay...

Thank you to Harriett for this reference: There is a 4-minute review of Reading Recovery research at 19:00. 5: What's the Deal With Whole Language? A Novel Idea: The History of the Science of Reading Whole language is one of the most talked about developments in literacy instruction in the past seve...

Here is the link to a thread featuring a number of international reviews of the Reading Recovery programme:

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James was invited to write a blog for the Lifting Literacy Aotearoa site of the modifications to the Reading Recovery intervention programme - 'additions' written in response to the growing international criticism and worries about the methodology and efficacy of Reading Recovery, see here: ‘And + A...

The Reading Recovery intervention programme is known throughout much of the English-speaking world but its methodology has caused concern for many people. Professor James Chapman is one of those people, and so he (and Professor Bill Tunmer) have undertaken professional reviews over many years. Dr Mi...

Dr Kerry Hempenstall has kindly provided some literature featuring the Reading Recovery programme. [Some of this may be a repeat of content previously provided in this thread.]


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Here is some great news - described in an article by Aaron Churchill:

It's time to abandon Reading Recovery

July 2023

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And here is some 'back story' about the approach of Lucy Calkins over the years:


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Here is some important 'back story' about Reading Recovery and the many warnings about its use over the years:

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