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Article: Beyond the Smoke and Mirrors - A Critique of the National Reading Panel Report on Phonics.
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- Phi Delta Kappan
- Article date:
- March 1, 2001
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Ms. Garan hopes that readers will use her analysis as a starting point; take a long, hard look at the National Reading Panel's Teaching Children to Read; and draw their own conclusions - without prejudice - based on the research alone.
WHEN IT was released in April 1999, the report of the National Reading Panel (NRP) on the research on phonics instruction splashed down in the midst of a wave of controversy. In the ensuing philosophical turmoil, I reread with interest the "Editor's Page" in the March 1989 issue of the Kappan. At that time, many readers vehemently objected to the publication of "Debunking the Great Phonics Myth," Marie Carbo's critique of the ...