The Reading Instruction Show

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Purpose statement: The reader will become more effective in evaluating online sources related to reading instruction. Behavioral objective: Readers will be able to identify instances in which confirmation bias results in an over-use of quotations and a misrepresentation of authors’ original ideas. Important Terms• Word recognition – encountering a word in print and instantly knowing what it is. • Word identification – encountering a word in print that is not recognized and using a strategy to figure out what it is.• Decoding – identifying a word using letters and letter patterns.• Strategy - a cognitive process that one consciously applies to a task. • Skill - a cognitive process that has become automated.• Penguin - a bird living in the Antarctic that is thought to be the cause of most reading problems.• Confirmation bias – starting with a belief and selection only information that supports that predetermined belief.• Academic discourse – sharing and evaluating ideas using reason and research.• Context – something that matters.

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• Purpose: Readers will understand how the three cueing system is used to recognize words.• Behavioral objective: After reading this chapter, the reader will throw a pie in the face of any clown who suggests that the three-cueing system (a) is a strategy, (b) is an approach to reading instruction, or (c) that it teaches students to guess at words.

The NAEP proficiency levels were arbitrarily defined (Bracey, 2008; Ravitch, 2012; Reinking, Hruby, & Risko, 2023). These levels should be interpreted with extreme caution (Vaulton, 2025). The National Center for Education Statistics website provides three reasons for this (NCES, 2025):1. Proficiency levels are based on desired expectations. Meaning that these levels are aspirational not mathematical.2. These proficiency levels are currently being used on a trial basis.3. Further evidence is needed to determine if these proficiency levels are “reasonable, valid, and informative”.If you’re looking for accessible, research-based information that slices through the endless loads of overly worded baloney, I would encourage you to subscribe to my free Substack, The Reading Instruction Show. Substack: The Reading Instruction Showhttps://thereadinginstructionshow.substack.com/