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Article: Researchers verify reading ability gets a boost from phonics.(NATION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 10, 2003
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Byline: George Archibald, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
A study has confirmed the premise of the Bush administration's "Reading First" initiative that systematic phonics instruction is essential in teaching young children of all backgrounds to read successfully.
The study, just published by researchers of the National Institute for Early Education Research and Rutgers University in New Jersey, re-examined findings of the National Reading Panel (NRP) in 2000.
The study gives even greater weight than the NRP to the importance of intensive phonics, which is systematic instruction of letter-sound relations in English and how to use them to read texts with ...