Geospatial Modeling of Science of Reading Policy Adoption: What matters where?

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  In Poster Session: Research in Research and Literacy (SIG 11) Poster Session I

Abstract

Science of Reading (SoR) has emerged as a pivotal framework shaping literacy instruction across the United States. Rooted in decades of interdisciplinary research from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and education, SoR emphasizes evidence-based practices for teaching reading that focus on phonemic awareness, decoding, and comprehension strategies. Previous qualitative research has examined curriculum adoption through Policy Attributes Theory (Vaughn et al, 2021) but little quantitative work has been done on literacy policy. This paper seeks to explore what, if any, factors are correlated with state policy decisions to enact SoR legislation with the application of geographic weighted regression.

Author

• Elizabeth Thorne-Wallington, Missouri Western State University