Dr Kerry Hempenstall: Read About It: Scientific Evidence for Effective Teaching of Reading

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Dr Kerry Hempenstall: Read About It: Scientific Evidence for Effective Teaching of Reading

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Dr Kerry Hempenstall writes a very comprehensive report for The Centre of Independent Studies (edited by Dr Jennifer Buckingham):

https://www.cis.org.au/app/uploads/2016/07/rr11.pdf
Read About It: Scientific Evidence for Effective Teaching of Reading

March 2016
...Despite there being various causes of disadvantage, there is only one domain in which an education system can have a signi cant and sustained impact — by harnessing the power of improved instruction, especially in literacy in the early years of school.

Major reviews of research on reading not only agree on the key components of reading programs but also the most effective way of teaching them.
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