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Learn how to prevent reading failure by improving instruction for all students as well as how to provide effective intervention services, monitor student progress, and determine eligibility for special education.

Across the country, professors in Educator Preparation Programs (EPPs) are aligning their courses and fieldwork to the Science of Reading, with the understanding that much of this important instruction was not taught in years past. Eager to equip pre-service educators with the valuable science-based information they’ll need to successfully teach reading in the classroom, university courses are changing—for good reason. This enlightening edWebinar provides a rationale, framework, and resources for doing this important work. The urgency to include the Science of Reading instruction and its impact on English learners in EPPs will also be examined.

What’s All the Rush? The Science of Oral Reading Fluency: This workshop will provide clarity on the value of ORF data for decision-making in elementary classrooms. Participants will gain information on the research on ORF as an indicator of overall reading competence, explore the relationship between ORF and RAN, learn to interpret ORF scores, and be equipped with instructional approaches to improve the passage reading fluency of their students.

Learn from our experts about what the Science of Reading truly is, the myths and facts surrounding how it is taught and who “needs” it, and ways to build the Science of Reading into classroom exercises, writing strategies, and activities. Special attention is placed on how the Science of Reading can and should apply to English learners.