In 1997, Congress Asked the National Institute of Child Health

In 1997, Congress asked the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and the Department of Education to establish a National Reading Panel to evaluate the extant literature base for recommendations regarding the most effective ways to teach children to read. The panel found that a combination of techniques is effective for reading instruction, including teaching, using, or encouraging:

A) phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, guided oral reading, and teaching vocabulary words
B) phonemic awareness, fluency, guided oral reading, and teaching vocabulary words
C) phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and guided oral reading
D) phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, and teaching vocabulary words