So why don’t we test for it in the United States? England does. Starting in 2012, the Brits started giving a phonics check to all 6-year-olds. At the end of their first year of school ...

Victorian state school grade one students will sit a new 10-minute literacy assessment under the state's move to phonics teaching for reading, which experts say will improve early intervention for ...

As well as the dreaded phonics screening check, which tests your child's phonics knowledge, standardizing testing. The joy of reading, alongside the awe and wonder from engaging in meaningful ...

Orchard Manor School, in Dawlish, said a phonics screening check required non-verbal children to say the letter sounds aloud - which was not possible. The school has adapted tests, but the results ...