I’m going to give you a reading test. Ready? Say these words out loud: If you’re an adult seeing this, with years and years of reading experience, your brain probably processed the list pretty quickly ...

The target for the proportion of children passing the phonics screening check – a test of how well children aged five and six in England can “decode” words – has been raised to 90%. This increase, ...

The Dyslexia Evidence-Based (DEB) community welcomes the introduction of the phonics check. The first tool of its kind in New Zealand to identify children struggling to read, including those with ...

The Education Secretary will set an ambition for 90% of pupils to reach the expected standard in phonics by the end of year 1. Bridget Phillipson will set out the core tenets of the Government’s ...

The government has made some bold claims for its school reading policies—including that early results have been "transformational." But we should be careful about rushing to judgment this early.

Education Minister Erica Stanford is celebrating new data showing a “significant boost” in phonics achievement rates at primary schools. The data, released today by the Ministry of Education, showed ...