# Why This Book? Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K–6, Second Edition

### At-a-glance

##### Topics
Literacy & reading

##### Resource Types
Tip sheets

##### Author
Edited by Martha C. Hougen, Ph.D., & Susan M. Smartt, Ph.D., with invited contributors

##### Year
2022

#### Share This Resource
Literacy experts point to evidence-based reading instruction as the most effective method for teaching young children how to read. _Fundamentals of Literacy Instruction & Assessment, Pre-K-6_ is an engaging text that explains the research base for the science of reading and demystifies the essential components of structured literacy instruction. Learn more about it in this fact sheet!

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