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@dylanwiliam@NateJoseph19@MargiottaGina What’s your sense of where things have been going well with literacy? My (contested) bet is Ontario over the last 15 to 20 years.
Happy to share this open access article about readers theater, co-authored with the fabulous @TimRasinski1, Joel Levin and Jerry D'Agostino and published in the Journal of Research in Reading https://t.co/hfNMm15YQE
@plthomasEdD It seems to be a move to undercut the idea that Ontario has produced good results with Balanced Literacy rather than the opening point into seeing how we can be more equitable or help all kids.
Anyone else seeing a trend of dyslexia associations suggesting that accommodations on testing are somehow getting in the way of measuring what kids can really do? The Ontario IDA, for example, suggests that we only have good reading scores because of accommodations,
Anyone else seeing a trend of dyslexia associations suggesting that accommodations on testing are somehow getting in the way of measuring what kids can really do? The Ontario IDA, for example, suggests that we only have good reading scores because of accommodations,
@NateJoseph19@warmMagnet@MargiottaGina@IDA_Ontario Is there anywhere besides the IDA that confirms the number is 18% or provides some more context?
Is that also what’s happening with PISA and where’s the evidence there?
as if they think the true picture would be revealed if we take them away from kids.
I can’t see how that fits with how we would usually see disability and accommodations outside of reading / school. I’m trying to wrap my head around this.
@NateJoseph19@warmMagnet@MargiottaGina@IDA_Ontario Chewing this over. How does this sit w broader disability studies? Can’t think of many cases where an employer or school denying some kind of accommodation would be seen as getting down to the true level of ability.
@NateJoseph19@MargiottaGina I feel like there’s this gap in background knowledge about this and what NAEP“proficient” means that misleads the SOR conversation.
FWIW, I don’t think any of the SOR states are even close to how well Ontario did under Balanced Literacy.
@Educhatter@MLInstitute “Their education must consist not merely of training of the mind, but of a weaning from the habits and feelings of their ancestors, and the acquirements of the language, art and customs of civilized life.”
-Egerton Ryerson
“Their education must consist not merely of training of the mind, but of a weaning from the habits and feelings of their ancestors, and the acquirements of the language, art and customs of civilized life.”
-Egerton Ryerson
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I haven’t written much in a long time. Here’s my take on the study that found astonishing effect sizes for UFLI.
It’s not a criticism of UFLI, but a critique of the research paper. I think research in education owes something to teachers.
https://t.co/9gFYVaeEgA
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