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Article: Readers, Instruction, and the NRP.(National Reading Panel policy on phonics)
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- Phi Delta Kappan
- Article date:
- November 1, 2004
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Are programs that emphasize systematic phonics instruction truly superior to other types of programs for young readers, as the National Reading Panel claims? The authors conducted a study of three different programs to see what kinds of readers are actually emerging from them.
JESSICA, a second-grader in an urban school with a low socioeconomic profile, reads: "But the nighttime tried to stand back down the stairs. So I caused it."1 Like her classmates, Jessica has learned to read words through systematic and explicit phonics instruction. She comes up with words that look and sound similar to the words on the page, but they do not always make sense in the ...