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They invariably use a method that involves direct, explicit, systematic phonics. This is the inexplicably politicised way of teaching children that letters in our alphabet are associated with sounds.

The controversial year 1 phonics screening check will be compulsory in NSW public schools from next year after the state's Education Minister declared the reading wars were over and phonics had won.

The 700-student school in Melbourne’s south-east says teaching phonics helped make it the state’s best performing government school on NAPLAN scores last year, with an average score of 580.2.

Phonics testing and what it means for your child. A $10.8 million government program that includes voluntary phonics testing in Year 1 is already mandatory in some states.

YEAR 1 students at state schools will be required to undergo a compulsory phonic test after a trial revealed alarming results in tests designed to measure their grasp of simple letter combinations.