>Where and how can parents find out whether their children are on track to be good readers? How can they get valid and reliable assessment results for phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, comprehension, and vocabulary? Informed parents want to know!

That’s tough in an increasingly online world where there is certainly lots of computer time in the classroom. But many families are holding the line at home, limiting screen time and delaying introduction of phones and Ipads until the child is already an avid reader. The wait until 12 movement is a prime example of this.

And fund the book that captures kids' own special interests. Show how it's much more interesting than they can get on mobile.

Also model the behavior you wish to see. Parents have to put down their own devices or they undermine their own message.