University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education Launches Pilot Program to Assess Reading Skills of Spanish-Speaking Kids

“University of Virginia launches pilot program to assess reading skills of Spanish-speaking kids
One of the challenges facing teachers of children whose first language is Spanish is figuring out if those who need extra help learning to read are having trouble with English, or if they have larger problems with literacy development.
Thanks to a program developed at the University of Virginia’s Curry School of Education, teachers and kids can get the answers they need before it’s too late to make a difference.

“We get calls every day from schools about how to assess students who are English language learners,” said Curry School of Education professor Marcia Invernizzi, primary author of the PALS assessment program and Web-based resource she created 10 years ago. PALS ”” the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening ”” is used throughout Virginia and in more than 40 states and six countries.”

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