Melissa & Lori Love Literacy | Science of Reading for Teachers

Helping Every Reader Move Past the Decoding Threshold with Rebecca Kockler

July 31, 2026·49 min
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Episode 257 Why do so many students appear to thrive in early literacy, only to stall by middle school? In this episode, we talk with Rebecca Kockler, Executive Director of Reading Reimagined, to unpack what literacy data from Louisiana revealed about a common but often misunderstood pattern: strong early reading results followed by flat or declining comprehension growth in later grades. At the center of the conversation is the concept of the Decoding Threshold: the point at which students ca...

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