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USBE highlights outlier third-grade reading practices from ULead study
3177695 · May 1, 2025
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Summary
A ULead study of third-grade classrooms identified decoding and fluency practices, explicit instructional prioritization, and avoidance of low‑leverage activities as common to higher-performing teachers; the board heard the findings as an informational item.
The Utah State Board of Education received an informational report from ULead summarizing work done by researchers who observed third-grade classrooms identified as outliers for reading performance.
Utah State University researcher Dr. Downes and the ULead team examined teaching practices in schools where third-grade oral…
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