And I'm excited for our schools that they're going to be implementing this evidence based reading and literacy practices into their curriculum. When it came down to the materials that were rejected, those were Materials that have been vetted nationally... are evidence based for phonics literacy instruction. So unfortunately, it was disappointing to hear that they had been taken off because it does limit then what our school districts could get reimbursed from for the state because those materials have to be on the approved list. (04:19–04:25)
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