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The 2017 South Australia Phonics Screening Check (Part II)

Following on from yesterday’s post and some broader observations about the South Australia Phonics Screening Check, I want now to look at the detail of the Check. I’m not going to go into the issue some people have with pseudo or nonsense words. The rationale for using pseudo words has been explained many times before.… Continue reading The 2017 South Australia Phonics Screening Check (Part II)

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The 2017 South Australia Phonics Screening Check

So, after much kerfuffle and a huge amount of opposition from a wide range of (mainly) university academics, the teaching unions, and assorted self-proclaimed pundits, South Australia has just reported the results of an opt-in version of the Phonics Screening Check. It was taken between 7th and 18th August 2017 and it was exactly the… Continue reading The 2017 South Australia Phonics Screening Check