How missed signs in early literacy can shape a child’s future—and how identification changes everything.

When we talk about the science of reading, conversations often home in on phonics, decoding, and how to teach children to read words.

Strong reading instruction starts in Tier 1. When foundational literacy instruction is aligned with reading research, all students benefit.

Each year, teachers are asked to do more with less. At the same time, as teachers are learning more about evidence-based reading instruction, they feel compelled to do more for their students.

In a recent analysis of classroom instruction in schools using high-quality instructional materials, 67% of lessons produced surface-level understanding of text, not deeper comprehension

Language development in the first years of life lays the foundation for reading. Long before children enter school, they already are learning the complex system of sounds, words, sentences, and meanings that written language will later represent.