The Teacher Prep Review’s Early Reading Standard shines a light on whether programs prepare
their teachers in the five components of effective reading instruction. There are a lot of
numbers in the early reading standard’s findings so let’s play a little math
game.
Question: What percent of
the 959 elementary and Special Education programs teach the 5 components of
early reading (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension and vocabulary)?
Answer: Just 17%.
How many textbooks were
reviewed to evaluate the “anything goes” approach to early reading across
courses in teacher prep programs?
Answer: 962
What percent of the 962
text books used across the 2,671 courses are inadequate or irrelevant for early
reading instruction?
Answer: The majority (67
percent) of these 962 textbooks.
Which of the 50 states comes out on top with every one of
their 11 programs earning a “meets” or “nearly meets” rating in early reading
standard?
Answer: The 18th state, Louisiana
How many years since the National Reading Panel report?
Answer: 14
How many years until all Teacher Prep Programs in the U.S.
teach their candidates about the science of effective early reading
instruction?
Answer: Unknown…
To learn more about how programs are scored on this standard,
including how individual indicators are satisfied, please see scoring methodology.
