The Knowledge Gap: How It Affects Reading Performance and How to Fix It

This edWeb podcast is sponsored by XanEdu, a Scholarus Learning Company. The webinar recording can be accessed here. Our students’ performance on the whole on national reading tests has not improved over the past two decades (NAEP, 2023). More troubling, the gap in scores between socioeconomic groups has remained stubbornly wide. Recent reform efforts have focused on improving instruction in phonics and other foundational skills. That’s crucial, but the evidence indicates it’s not enough. We...