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Podcast: The Reading Instruction Show
Episode: Conference Presentation: LETRS - Behind the Pretty Words
Description: Just because it says itâs âresearch-basedâ or âscientifically basedâ doesnât mean that it is. Dr. Louisa Moatsâ website states that, âMoats developed the landmark professional development program LETRS for teachers and reading specialists and the scientifically based LANGUAGE!â This presentation will demonstrate (a) how Moats misrepresents the results of her own research, (b) how she falsifies and distorts the research of others in her 2021 paper, and (c) how the publishers of LETRS (Lexia Learning) misrepresent the 18 research studies describes in their LETRS Efficacy Research paper.