S6 E7: The how and why behind high-quality instructional materials with Rebecca Kockler

Science of Reading: The Podcast

Amplify Education

Education, Science, How To, Social Sciences, Early Literacy, Amplify, Science Of Reading

4.5 • 642 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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As the former chief academic officer at the Louisiana Department of Education, Rebecca Kockler made it her mission to empower districts to select higher quality materials. This involved a thorough and rigorous curriculum review, and allowing teachers to choose the program they wanted once they knew exactly what they were getting. This work built Kockler’s case for focusing on quality curricula as a vital part of student success. Using Kockler’s work in Louisiana as a case study, this episode ...

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0:00.0	Hi listeners, it's Susan here. Just in time for the school year, I have a brand new resource to tell you about.
0:07.0	Science of Reading, a new teacher's guide. This free e-book gives you the critical information you need,
0:13.7	including a detailed breakdown of the reading rope and the 10 foundational science of reading principles.
0:20.0	It also provides key information on dyslexia, assessment,
0:24.2	serving multilingual learners, and so much more.
0:27.4	It's packed with beautiful diagrams,
0:29.7	a perfect compliment to the podcast if I do say so myself.
0:34.0	Download your science of reading guide at amplify.com.com slash S-O-R guide.
0:44.5	This is Susan Lambert and welcome to Science of Reading the podcast.
0:51.5	If you're a listener of this show, by now you've probably heard about the disappointing results from the country's latest scores on the NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
1:02.5	Students posted alarming math and reading scores.
1:06.1	Across the country, test scores dropped and significantly.
1:09.6	In reading, just 33% of fourth graders were
1:12.5	proficient or above down from 35% but for one state the news was a bit more
1:18.4	positive Louisiana's fourth graders are being recognized for their reading
1:22.4	improvement of Louisiana fourth graders were among only a handful of states
1:27.2	to show growth in reading skills.
1:29.8	In fact, it was at the top of the growth chart.
1:32.9	And on this episode, we're taking a closer look at Louisiana.
1:38.1	My guest today is Rebecca Kocler, former assistant superintendent of academics at the Louisiana Department of Education.
1:46.7	The reason I was thrilled to speak with Rebecca is that on this season of the podcast, we've been
1:52.2	exploring how different parts of the education system can each contribute to spreading science-based
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