The Science of Reading is a summary of how to teach reading based on research conducted across a variety of discipline areas over the last half century. This research emphasises five key components for effective reading instruction: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary and comprehension.

Summaries

• Hard Words: Why Aren’t Kids Being Taught to Read? Emily Hanford, AMP Reports
• Primary Reading Pledge, Five from Five
• The Simple View of Reading, Professor Anne Castles, NSW Department of Education
• Reading as a Cognitive Process, Professor Anne Castles, NSW Department of Education
• Effective Reading Instruction in the Early Years of School, Centre for Education Statistics and Evaluation
• SOLAR: The Science of Language and Reading, Pamela Snow, La Trobe University