Reading with Personalized Reading Formats Improves Fluency What if you could improve a student’s reading proficiency by making small adjustments to text format? For Henry, that is exactly what happened. Educators apply mathematically based assessments to determine reading proficiency. In simple terms, the reading fluency measure is based on counting the words read in…
Fluency Growth Stalled The Center for Policy Analysis for California Education at the Stanford Graduate School of Education evaluated changes in Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) for students in early elementary school. Their goal was to understand changes that may have occurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report states that reading skills…
Readability at ProLiteracy Join us in San Antonio! The 2021 ProLiteracy Conference, September 20–22, 2021 Join adult literacy practitioners, teachers, tutors, managers, directors, board members, and students to learn new ideas and lead change in the adult literacy field. The ProLiteracy Conference on Adult Education features over 100 presentations and workshops that explore how…
Tech Update New in Microsoft Teams: Reading Progress Citing a recent study from Stanford illustrating the flattened growth of Oral Reading Fluency during the pandemic, Microsoft announced the launch of Reading Progress, a resource to help build opportunities for students and educators to get back on track with reading development. “Reading Progress in Teams supports…
A Discussion on Reading, Resources for Educators and Readability Research Readability Matters got the chance to sit down with Dr. Susanne Nobles, the Chief Academic Officer of the education-focused nonprofit, ReadWorks. We learned more about ReadWorks and the work Dr. Nobles does to advance research-informed readability solutions. Thank you so much, Susanne, for…
Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading Dr. Cohn’s book, Skim, Dive, Surface: Teaching Digital Reading was recently released, addressing digital reading and the spectrum of affordances available within digital learning environments. In her discussion of how to read deeply in digital spaces, she calls for readers to embrace a range of reading practices available to…
Digital Reading Expert, Dr. Jenae Cohn Distance Teaching and Learning Conference Dr. Jenae Cohn will present at the Distance Teaching and Learning Conference this summer, discussing digital reading and the strategies that can improve the experience. The international Distance Teaching & Learning (DT&L) conference from the University of Wisconsin-Madison is fully online August 2-5,…
World Changing Ideas – From an Automated Beehive to Readability For All Every year, Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honor the businesses and organizations driving change in the world. Showcasing some of the world’s most inventive entrepreneurs and companies tackling exigent global challenges, the awards were announced today, recognizing the businesses, policies, projects,…
Fast Company Recognizes Readability Matters 2021 WORLD CHANGING IDEAS AWARDS Los Angeles, May 4, 2021 — The Fast Company’s 2021 World Changing Ideas Awards were announced today, honoring the businesses, policies, projects, and concepts that are actively engaged and deeply committed to pursuing innovation for the good of society and the planet. Once again,…
Readability for All: Fostering Adult Literacy Through Personalization Highlighting the improved reading impacts delivered by readability changes, readability research results, and new tools, a team from Adobe and World Education presented at the Florida Literacy Conference. Rick Treitman, Entrepreneur in Residence, Adobe, kicked off the session with a review of the state of reading…