Brennan Chandler to Present Free Webinar: What Makes Spelling Instruction Effective? This webinar will explore the key features of effective spelling instruction and draw on findings from a comprehensive meta-analysis of spelling interventions. Participants will see how these research-supported practices appear within structured programs such as Spelling Mastery and learn about the results of a recent study

Remote Corrective Reading 2027 Decoding Levels B1 and B2 Available-October 9 Join us on October 9 for a remote training on the new Corrective Reading 2027 Decoding Levels B1 and B2. Here is a link to the placement test. Students who place into Decoding B1 or B2 have inconsistent reading skills and often guess at words rather than apply decoding

Register for Remote Reading Mastery Signature Grade 1 Reading Training-September 11 NIFDI is sponsoring a remote Reading Mastery Signature Edition Training on September 11 from 7:30am-2:30pm Pacific. Learn to effectively implement Reading Mastery Signature Edition Grade 1 Reading, which is the second level of the Reading Mastery series. Participants in this highly focused training will learn, practice, and receive feedback on

Geoff Colvin to Receive Direct Instruction Hall of Fame Recognition The NIFDI Board of Directors selected Geoff Colvin to be inducted into the Direct Instruction Hall of Fame. Geoff has dedicated his career to applying the principles of Direct Instruction to teaching behavior skills to a wide range of students and establishing school-wide behavior programs.

McGraw-Hill Education Releases Corrective Reading © 2027 The new Corrective Reading © 2027 edition builds on 50 years of proven Direct Instruction success while introducing meaningful enhancements to support today’s learners and teachers. These updates apply specifically to the Corrective Reading Decoding program. Updates include: visual displays of information and vocabulary meaning information passages starting

Baltimore Curriculum Project Celebrates 30th Anniversary Founded in 1996, the Baltimore Curriculum Project (BCP) operates 6 neighborhood charter schools in Baltimore City. The schools have partnered with NIFDI to implement Direct Instruction as the core literacy and arithmetic programs since their conversion to charter schools in 1996. NIFDI congratulates them on this anniversary and commends