“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...

I recently did a peer-reviewed deep dive into the test design documentation to figure out why the reported results weren’t showing improvement. I found the flat scores were at least in part by design.

Jeanne Sinclair receives funding from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada. Texas children’s performance on an annual reading test was basically flat from 2012 to 2021, ...