Education News Archive - April 16, 2008

By Vanderwood, Mike L Linklater, Danielle; Healy, Krista Abstract. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between English phonics (nonsense word fluency) and reading performance for 134 English language learners.

The statistics on mathematics education are staggering; 61% of American fourth graders and 68% of eighth graders scored at or below basic on the 2007 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics test.