
MultiLit appoints Dr Anthony Dillon to the Closing the Gap Initiative
MultiLit, a leading provider of effective literacy instruction in Australasia, is proud to announce the appointment of Dr Anthony Dillon as Indigenous Advisor to the MultiLit Closing the Gap Initiative.

Screening for comprehension
Launched in January 2022, our new test, the Wheldall Sentence Comprehension Screener (WSCS), can identify young children who have difficulty with comprehension who may benefit from receiving targeted language comprehension and/or support.

MultiLit to provide programs under Closing the Gap Implementation Plan
MultiLit is delighted to have been invited by the Australian Government to provide reading and spelling programs for students in majority Indigenous schools.

Response to the draft Australian Curriculum for English
MultiLit calls on ACARA to ensure the new curriculum for literacy is underpinned by evidence.

New student resources available for InitiaLit
MultiLit releases new Handwriting resources for InitiaLit customers in NSW and South Australia.

MultiLit to deliver programs online with OpenLearning
Education technology company OpenLearning Limited has entered an agreement to provide its lifelong learning platform for MultiLit.

Retraction and apology from the University of Canberra and Dr Rachel Cunneen
The University of Canberra and Dr Rachel Cunneen issued a retraction and apology for statements about Professor Kevin Wheldall, Dr Robyn Wheldall and Dr Jennifer Buckingham.

New More to Explore resource for Foundation students
Users of our InitiaLit Readers Levels 1-9 (Series 1) with Foundation students will be excited by the release of a More to Explore student workbook to accompany this series.

Retraction and apology from Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA)
The Australian Literacy Educators Association (ALEA) issued a retraction and apology for statements made by Dr Rachel Cunneen during a presentation.

InitiaLit Highly Commended in 2020 Educational Publishing Awards
MultiLit’s whole-class initial instruction program, InitiaLit, was recognised as an outstanding primary teaching resource.

Where is the WARN?
Readers of the Primary Reading Pledge may have spotted a mention of a new addition to the MultiLit suite of assessments.

New series of InitiaLit Readers launched
Beginning readers will be delighted by the new series of decodable InitiaLit Readers – a parallel scheme for children in the Foundation year.