Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.

Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,

including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.

It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,

serving multilingual learners, and so much more.

It's packed with beautiful diagrams,

a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.

Download your science of reading guide at amplifyplify.com slash SOR Guide.

What if a change in classroom practice could lead to change in reading outcomes?

What should reading instruction include to ensure all students have the opportunity to succeed?

What does cognitive science tell us about learning to read and why aren't those learnings

applied in our classrooms?

Welcome to Science of Reading the podcast.

I'm your host, Susan Lambert from Amplify Education.

Join us every two weeks as we talk with

science of reading experts to explore what it takes to transform our classrooms

and develop confident and capable readers. In today's episode we talk with

Nancy Nelson from the University of Oregon and co-lead of the National Center on Improving Literacy.

If you don't know about NCIL, be sure to check out the link in the show notes. They have so many helpful resources.

We talk with Nancy a bit about the center and then we turn to response to intervention or RTI. Nancy is an expert in the topic and we

talk about where it originated, what it is, and how it relates to MTSS or the multi-tiered systems of

support. We also talk about misunderstandings and misconceptions about RTI, what a strong implementation

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