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Ellen Belcher – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2024
Ohio elementary schools are moving to the Science of Reading, an approach that emphasizes phonics along with vocabulary- and knowledge-rich content. Keen on learning what this transition looks like inside classrooms, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute asked Ellen Belcher, a former journalist with the Dayton Daily News, to visit Margaretta Local…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Phonics
Rachel L. Schechter; Rachel Gross; Isabella Ilievski – Online Submission, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic significantly impacted educational outcomes, including reading achievement in grades 3-5, particularly in schools primarily serving high-poverty communities of color. This study evaluates the 95 Phonics Lesson Library (95 PLL), a targeted phonics intervention program, in a low socio-economic status, ethnically diverse,…
Descriptors: Phonics, Intervention, Reading Instruction, Grade 4
Rachel L. Schechter; Rachel Gross; Isabella Ilievski – Online Submission, 2024
This study, conducted by LXD Research, evaluates the 95 Phonics Lesson Library (95 PLL), a targeted phonics intervention program in a majority low SES, ethnically diverse midwestern school district from 2023-2024. Using a quasi-experimental mixed-method design, this study compares reading outcomes of fourth and fifth graders using 95 PLL with a…
Descriptors: Phonics, Intervention, Reading Instruction, Grade 4
Aaron Churchill – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2024
In July 2023, Governor DeWine and the General Assembly enacted bold literacy reforms via his budget plan (House Bill 33) that require Ohio elementary schools to follow the Science of Reading starting in 2024-25. This approach to reading instruction emphasizes phonics to help students "decode" words, as well as knowledge- and…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Reading, Learning Processes, Reading Instruction
Hocanson, Cherie D. – ProQuest LLC, 2019
The purpose of this qualitative, multiple case study was to explore the utilization of music to teach phonics in kindergarten at four elementary schools in northwest Ohio. The theory guiding this study was the schema theory as it explains how individuals are able to recognize patterns previously learned, organize those patterns, and then use those…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Music
Drake, Graham; Wash, Kate – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2020
New data and analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality finds significant progress on the science of reading instruction in teacher preparation. For the first time since NCTQ began publishing program ratings in its 2013 Teacher Prep Review, the number of programs in the nation to embrace reading science has crossed the halfway mark,…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Reading Instruction, Program Evaluation, Undergraduate Study