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Assessing the Foundational Decoding Skills of Older Struggling Readers

Aug 28, 2026 | Assessment, Foundational Skills, Reading Disability/Dyslexia

Early in my teaching career, as the newly appointed chair of a junior high’s reading department, I undertook the task of assigning all the school’s seventh graders to reading classes based on their reading levels. I planned to use the results of a national...

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