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Dr Marlynne Grant

Response to the BDA campaign to reverse government policy on SSP teaching

The BDA with Usha Goswami is campaigning to get the DfE to dilute and undermine the teaching advocated in systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) programmes and in the DfE policy paper, the Reading Framework (July 2021). “We are launching a petition

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Dyslexia: Prevention and Intervention

An Educational Psychologist colleague has just shared what she puts in her reports when asked for diagnoses of dyslexia: “While there is not a finite/discrete diagnosable condition of dyslexia, the following descriptors are outlined by the BPS (British Psychological Society)

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Has the Phonics Screening Check fulfilled its promise?

Teaching children to read and write successfully is undoubtedly the most important part of their education. Failure to do so brings appalling problems for these children and society. Over the years educationalists tended to ignore the evidence presented by research

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Reading and Middle Class Strugglers by Dr Marlynne Grant

I think our current emphasis on social mobility and the efficacy of systematic synthetic phonics (SSP) for disadvantaged children is right, but let’s not forget the situation I remember in the late 80s and early 90s when I was seeing

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An Alternative to Book Bands for Beginner Readers

For years, book bands have provided an easy reference point to help teachers choose reading books for children. While classifying books from pink to lime and beyond may appear useful, the grading is based simply on factors such as the

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Tackling Inequality Through Teaching: A Letter to the Prime Minister by Dr Marlynne Grant

The Rt Hon Theresa May MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1A 2AA Dear Prime Minister Tackling Inequality Through Teaching While the debate about grammar schools hits the headlines, I would urge the government not to take its eye

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The Optima Reading Programme by Dr Jonathan Solity: Does it Provide Optimal Results? A Paper by Dr Marlynne Grant

Recently Dr Jonathan Solity reported on his critical analysis of the Year 1 Phonics Screening Check.1 This has thrown a spotlight on his own programme for teaching reading, which was developed first as ERR (Early Reading Research), later known as

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Tribute to Diane McGuinness from the UK Reading Reform Foundation (RRF)
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The British Dyslexia Association (BDA) is challenging the Department for Education's promotion of Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) - the technical code knowledge and skills for word recognition of the Simple View of Reading. Dr Marlynne Grant responds: https://t.co/i9MwOMWHdu
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The United Kingdom chapter of the Reading Reform Foundation was set up in 1989 to promote the teaching of the alphabetic code in a research-based way, and this remains its main aim.
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The Reading Reform Foundation welcomes 'The reading framework: teaching the foundations of literacy' published by the Department for Education and Minister of State for School Standards, Nick Gibb: https://t.co/P3nAS7y217
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USA: The ongoing battle for research informed reading instruction and reading programmes continues - where is the accountability of the authors and the publishers? https://t.co/bbwQYeeJRy
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@dnleslie @robrandel @IFERIorg Thank you, Darren, for drawing attention to the International Foundation for Effective Reading Instruction. The 'Forum' is certainly worth a visit for a variety of reasons with its wealth of information: https://t.co/X9rcXJkso9
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