Commissioned by the Code REaD Dyslexia Network, the study from consulting firm Equity Economics compares the performance of states and territories ...
'Deeply committed' to balanced literacy: two states ignore the evidence, study finds
While New South Wales and South Australia are forging system-wide changes to lift literacy standards in schools, Victoria and the ACT are failing to recognise there is a dire problem with reading outcomes and seem uncommitted to aligning teachers’ practice with the evidence, a national report has found.
Del Rio says it’s “absolutely fascinating” to witness Victoria and the ACT cling onto discredited literacy approaches, namely to balanced literacy.