News and Special Reports
November 5, 2025
On-Demand Webinar: How Learning Happens: What Every Educator Should Know from the Science of Learning
This lively on-demand webinar features Evidence Advocacy Center Advisory Board member Amanda VanDerHeyden, Ph.D. and Nidhi Sachdeva, Ph.D. in conversation about what the Science of Learning is, why it matters, and key insights from research that every educator should know.
November 3, 2025
On-Demand Webinar: Launching a Literacy Improvement Program: How a District Responded to a Community’s Needs
Evidence Advocacy Center co-sponsored this free webinar with CORE. Watch the recording to learn about Berkeley Unified School District’s literacy improvement program, including successes, challenges, and lessons learned from the past three years. Featuring Dr. Kim Gibbons Evidence Advocacy Center Executive Committee member and Dr. Dale Webster Evidence Advocacy Center Professional Development Team Lead.
October 16, 2025
Webinar: Implementing Small-Group Reading Instruction Within an MTSS Model: From Planning to Practice
Featuring Dr. Stephanie Stollar, Founder, Reading Science Academy; Linda Diamond, Former Educator, Current Executive Director, Evidence Advocacy Center; and Dr. Gina Fugnitto, Former Educator, Current Chief Implementation Officer, Collaborative Classroom
August 13, 2025
Indiana Sees Historic Jump in Third Grade reading scores; Retention Data Still Pending
Indiana’s latest reading assessment scores showed the largest year-to-year improvement since the state began IREAD testing in 2013, rising nearly five percentage points from last year. In a press release, Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner said, “This is a time for celebration, and it is also a time to double-down on our commitment to helping even more students learn to read. The data is clear — what we are doing is working — so let’s keep at it, ensuring a brighter future for Hoosier students.”
June 10, 2025
Webinar—The Science of Math Instruction: Archimedes Math Standards PreK–12
Newly realized Archimedes Math Standards to bring clarity to math instruction.
May 8, 2025
Webinar—The Science of Math Instruction: Using Evidence-Based Practices in the Classroom
Evidence Advocacy Center sponsored this free edWebinar. Watch the recording for a lively discussion between Dr. Anna Stokke and Dr. Benjamin G. Solomon about how evidence-based instructional practices can improve math outcomes for all students. Watch now.
February 6, 2025
Northern Ireland Reviews Controversial Teaching Method After Failings in Wales and Scotland
Research shows many children across the UK are getting “reading instruction that is not effective.” There is a call for policymakers to commit to providing “evidence-based instruction to all schools.”
January 27, 2025
Response to Mills College at Northeastern Undermining Students’ Civil Right to Read
A letter to the Oakland (CA) community from Fulcrum Executive Director Kareem Weaver.
December 17, 2024
A Call to Action: Education Desperately Needs a Knowledge Management System Based on Evidence
Dr. Douglas Carnine and Linda Diamond, M.Ed. explore the need for the field of education, like professions such as medicine and law, to create and implement a Knowledge Management System that provides clear, trustworthy guidance and guardrails for educators.
November 21, 2024
The Calkins Legacy
Mark Mark Seidenberg and Maryellen MacDonald’s response to the article by Helen Lewis about Lucy Calkins in the December 2024 issue of the Atlantic.
November 12, 2024
Why Teachers Don’t Use the High-Quality Instructional Materials They’re Given
Educators don’t believe their students can manage the rigor of grade-level instruction, and they’re not wrong. What can be done about it.
October 18, 2024
Implementing the science of reading: Insights from the field
September 23, 2024
What Happens When a 48K-Student District Commits to the ‘Science of Learning’
In Frederick County, Maryland, test scores rose, achievement gaps shrank and even veteran educators slowly embraced the decidedly not-faddish fix.
September 2024
Innovation and Induction Corridors
A Proposal for Integrating Research, Development, and Teacher Professional Preparation
September 9, 2024
Evidence Whac-a-Mole? How Living Evidence Hubs Can Strengthen the What Works Clearinghouse
A shift in direction for the What Works Clearinghouse from Matthew Soldner, Acting Director of IES
September 9, 2024
A Lot Has Changed in the 40 Years After ‘A Nation At Risk.’ But the School System? Not So Much
Margaret Raymond reflects on 40 years of education reforms since ANAR, and writes about why a survey of the results reveals little cause to celebrate.
August 13, 2024
New Jersey governor signs bills to mandate literacy screenings for K-3 students starting in 2025
From Chalkbeat Newark: New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a set of bills Tuesday aimed at improving student reading proficiency, which dwindled after the COVID pandemic, by mandating literacy screenings for K-3 students and implementing new educator training on reading instruction next school year, among other initiatives.
August 12, 2024
Why Do Literacy Retention Policies Target 3rd Grade?
This article discusses a statewide early literacy grade-retention policy Maryland’s department of education is considering enacting.
August 9, 2024
How One St. Louis Literacy Org Helps Black Students Become Proficient Readers
11% of Black students in the city public schools read at grade level. This article discusses how Black Men Read is working to change that with tutoring, summer reading camp.
August 9, 2024
Pressure from education advocates ends effort to eliminate teacher assessment
This article discusses the revision of a controversial bill that would have eliminated teaching performance assessments.
August 2, 2024
‘Dedication of our teachers’ praised in an update on the state’s science of reading an important update
This article discusses an update to the N.C. State Board of Education on the science of reading in local public schools across North Carolina.
July 30, 2024
Forget Hot-Button Ed Issues — Voters Want Safe Schools and Kids Who Can Read
Wise & Siddiqi: As ESSER funds run out, districts need to consider these priorities as they plan their future budgets.
July 29, 2024
From COVID Learning Loss to Artificial Intelligence, Education R&D Can’t Wait
Schwinn & Wright: In our states, we used the latest research to help students learn. Congress, state leaders must make education innovation a priority.
July 25, 2024
Not so fast! Why emergency teacher licenses fall short
This article by Heather Peske examines the effects of emergency teacher licenses on students.
July 8, 2024
High-Poverty Schools in Colorado, Massachusetts Defying the Odds for Students
Saslow & Barone: New report highlights strategies to boost achievement: ‘obsession’ with data, tiered supports, teacher development, family engagement.
June 7, 2024
Linda Diamond, Executive Director for the Evidence Advocacy Center and co-author of the Teaching Reading Sourcebook (TRS), will be conducting two repeat sessions (June 12 and 26) through the Alabama State Department of Education for Alabama EPP partners. The sessions will focus on their use of the TRS in their courses for preservice educators.
June 4, 2024
The 74 Million recently published an outstanding article by Dr. Douglas Carnine, Founder and Chair of the Evidence Advocacy Center.
December 2023
The NEED Act Introduced In The House
This article explains the bipartisan 2023 New Essential Education Discoveries (NEED) Act that was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by representatives Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA).
August 2022
Texas Educator Preparation Pathways
Researchers embarked on a research study to investigate student performance, teacher retention and mobility. Utilizing a unique statewide longitudinal dataset, the study included almost 15,000 educators who were certified via university-based and alternative certification programs between September 2009 and August 2010 and were followed for nine years.
August 2021
Coaching–anytime, from anywhere–empowers teachers
We all know coaching is important for the successful implementation of an innovation. In addition to a site coach, external experts may be a benefit but can be expensive. This article is about effective, virtual coaching to supplement the on-site coach.