The new TEKS document has inappropriate spelling (encoding) standards because the writers simply inserted the 2009–2010 decoding (reading) standards for spelling. It wasn’t streamlining; it was ...

What is encoding? And is it as important to the science of reading as its counterpart, decoding? Test your knowledge by taking our quiz. Once you complete the quiz, you can see how your score compares ...

A major reason Americans can’t read well is because school-aged children can’t spell. Twenty-first-century research in cognitive psychology and neuroscience, as well as technology such as brain ...