Education Minister Simon Birmingham released a report today recommending that all Year 1 students in Australia complete a phonics test. The panel responsible for the report has recommended that ...

At the end of year one, when they are five or six, all children at state schools in England must take a test called the phonics screening check. The check measures their ability to use synthetic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I’m going to give you a reading test. Ready? Say these words out loud: If you’re an adult seeing this, with years and years of ...

Young children have struggled through a phonics test where they had to pronounce fake words. Children as young as four undertook a new test which measured their ability to say different letter ...

Parents do not need to "drill their child" to pass the phonics screening check, says Fiona Barry, they can try out fun learning activities at home Pupils need to have a good grasp of the style or ...