Dr. Jill Kerper Mora conducts international research on Spanish language and literacy instruction.
This article provides an in-depth understanding of a misrepresented term called “3 cues”. “Educators must not make judgments about the utility of approaches and strategies based on a caricature of typical practice. The full corpus of scientific research on literacy learning must inform instruction, without privileging a narrow range of methodologies or discrediting empirical databases because of ideological rather than scientific criteria.”
Pushing Back Against Science of Reading Mandates: The California Story
with Dr. Esteban Diaz, Dr. Barbara Flores, Dr. Edgar Lampkin, Dr. Jill Kerper Mora
This webinar is focused on the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE) and the coalition of educators that halted proposed California SoR legislation because of the researched side effects this bill would have on multilingual students. In addition, they highlighted the exclusion of expert educator voices in the development of this legislation and why this marginalization is a problem.
The Science-Policy Gap: Impacts and Possibilities of Speculative Policymaking
with Dr. Rachael Gabriel (University of Connecticut)
This webinar dispels the myth that the Science of Reading movement is based on scientific research studies that show causation about why elementary students’ national and state fourth grade reading test scores have remained flat over time. Dr. Gabriel explains how state legislation mandates are often based on speculation and not scientific research studies. In addition, Dr. Gabriel provides an in-depth analysis of universal screeners and the cautions needed for use with children.
"Toward Comprehensive, Research-Informed Literacy Instruction: Thinking With, Against, and Beyond the Science of Reading" Sponsored by the Ithaca College Department of Education, February 22, 2024
2024 Ithaca College Educational Freedom Lecture
Featuring Maren Aukerman
Recording of the 2024 Spring Educational Freedom Lecture at Ithaca College, featuring Dr. Maren Aukerman, Werklund Research Professor at the University of Calgary
MOVING FORWARD from the "Science of Reading" Webinar
From June 4, 2024 - with Dr. Robert J Tierney and Dr. P David Pearson
Sponsored by the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
Tierney and Pearson highlight the information and claims associated with the Science of Reading as they have appeared in social media, the popular press, and academic works from their book, Fact-Checking The Science of Reading.
Free access and download to this text, Fact Checking the Science of Reading: Opening Up the Conversation
"Rob Tierney and P David Pearson explore the validity of claims associated with the Science of Reading as they have appeared in social media, the popular press, and academic works.
The book offers a comprehensive review of these claims—analyzing the evidence, reasoning, assumptions, and consequences associated with each claim—and closes with ideas for moving beyond the debates to greater consensus or accommodation of differences. The book is a must read for educators involved in teaching reading, as well as parents, policy makers, and other stakeholders."
Sponsored by the California Association for Bilingual Education (CABE)
Dr. Steven Strauss, an MD in Neurology and PhD in Linguistics shares his critical analysis of the false neuroscience and linguistic claims promoted by the Science of Reading. Insights from experts in neuroscience, linguistics and biliteracy are the focus of this Webinar.
Download this free booklet that answers the questions parents have as they help their children become readers. This 2024 version written by Dr. Donna Scanlon from the State University of New York and her colleagues, Kimberly L. Anderson, Erica M. Barnes, Mary-Jo Morse, & Thea Yurkewecz-Stellato is an essential resource to help understand the complexities of reading.
“Reinterpreting the development of reading skills,” Scott G. Paris, Reading Research Quarterly David Reinking, George Hruby and Vicotoria Risko, Teacher's College Record, Volume 125, Issue 1 Vol. 40, No. 2 April/May/June 2005, International Reading Association (pp. 184–202)
The following are the International Literacy Association’s research articles from two different issues on the topic of the Science of Reading. To access these articles, you must be an ILA member with the Reading Research Quarterly subscription or a WSRA member. As a member, request the group login information at [email protected]. Include your name to be verified as a WSRA member.
Gina N. Cervetti, P. David Pearson, Annemarie S. Palincsar, Peter Afflerbach, Panayiota Kendeou, Gina Biancarosa, Jennifer Higgs, Miranda S. Fitzgerald, Amy I. Berman
Yaacov Petscher, Sonia Q. Cabell, Hugh W. Catts, Donald L. Compton, Barbara R. Foorman, Sara A. Hart, Christopher J. Lonigan, Beth M. Phillips, Christopher Schatschneider, Laura M. Steacy, Nicole Patton Terry, Richard K. Wagner
Pages: S267-S282 First Published: 06 September 2020
