Unraveling the mystery of declining reading scores for Oregon students

(<a href="https://www.eou.edu/college-of-education/college-of-education-office/faculty/rhonda-fritz-ph-d/" target="_blank" link-data="{"cms.site.owner":{"_ref":"0000016e-ccea-ddc2-a56e-edfe69b60000","_type":"ae3387cc-b875-31b7-b82d-63fd8d758c20"},"cms.content.publishDate":1742297086947,"cms.content.publishUser":{"_ref":"00000190-0d82-dd85-a79d-afae039b0000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.content.updateDate":1742297086947,"cms.content.updateUser":{"_ref":"00000190-0d82-dd85-a79d-afae039b0000","_type":"6aa69ae1-35be-30dc-87e9-410da9e1cdcc"},"cms.directory.paths":[],"anchorable.showAnchor":false,"link":{"attributes":[],"cms.directory.paths":[],"linkText":" Eastern Oregon University","target":"NEW","attachSourceUrl":false,"url":"https://www.eou.edu/college-of-education/college-of-education-office/faculty/rhonda-fritz-ph-d/","_id":"00000195-a8ff-df7f-adbf-bfffa01a0001","_type":"ff658216-e70f-39d0-b660-bdfe57a5599a";},"_id":"00000195-a8ff-df7f-adbf-bfffa01a0000","_type":"809caec9-30e2-3666-8b71-b32ddbffc288"}"> Eastern Oregon University</a>)Ronda Fritz is an Associate Professor of Education at Eastern Oregon University. JPR’s Jane Vaughan recently spoke with Fritz about how reading is taught, what’s not working, and how the state could effectively address the problem.