Saxon Phonics

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This paper examines the commercial learning method for reading from the Saxon Publishing Company, known as Saxon Phonics. It looks at how the Saxon product's easy standardization of methodology and cookie-cutter approach explains its favored status among those who advocate standardized national testing as a kind of quality control of student performance.

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"The Saxon website also stresses the value of phonics in a heterogeneous learning environment as a source of connection, and provides photographs of multicultural settings without justifying why this is so beneficial. Instead of offering data, Saxon Publishing implicitly connects itself and its learning methods to the recent initiative advanced by President Bush. "In January 2002 President Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act-the most sweeping education reform bill in more than 35 years. The Act outlines expectations for Pre-K-12 learning programs that will drive education reform for years to come. It also includes the President's four basic education reform principles: stronger accountability for results, increased flexibility and local control, expanded options for parents, and an emphasis on proven teaching methods." (Official Website, 2004)"

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