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The idea that the “science” in reading instruction only supports phonics instruction has been “hard to dislodge,” said Maria Murray, the founder and CEO of the Reading League, an organization that advocates for evidence-based reading instruction, at its annual summit here this week.

It’s the most basic hurdle in reading, and the strategies a teacher gives can make the difference in a student’s literacy development.

Five years after the pandemic forced children into remote instruction, two-thirds of U.S. fourth graders still cannot read at grade level. Reading scores lag 2 percentage points below 2022 levels and 4 percentage points below 2019 levels.

Anne Arundel County Public Schools’ first year using an evidence-based curriculum to teach reading has been embraced by students and teachers despite a few shortcomings, which include the