A new state law that takes effect this fall requires teachers to use evidence-based reading curriculum and bans the use of “three-cueing,” a popular teaching technique that encourages children to guess words based on pictures and context.
The Virginia Literacy Act, which unanimously passed both chambers of Virginia’s legislature in 2022, requires reading intervention services for students in kindergarten through eighth grade who are struggling to read.
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