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[[Balanced literacy]] is not well defined, however it is intended as a method that combines elements of both phonics and whole language. According to a survey in 2010, 68% of elementary school teachers in the USA profess to use balanced literacy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.edweek.org/media/ed%20week%20reading%20instruction%20survey%20report-final%201.24.20.pdf|title=Early reading instruction survey, EdWeek Research Center, USA|date=2010}}</ref> Furthermore, only 52% of teachers in the USA include ''phonics'' in their definition of ''balanced literacy''.

The National Reading Panel concluded that phonics must be integrated with instruction in phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension. HoweverAnd, some studies indicate that "the addition of language activities and tutoring to phonics produced larger effects than any of these components in isolation". ThisThey suggest that this may be a constructive way to view balanced reading instruction.<ref> {{cite book|title=Handbook of Reading Research, Volume IV|page=138|date=2011|publisher=Routledge|authors=Kamil, Michael L.; Pearson, P. David; Moje, Elizabeth Birr; Afflerbach, Peter|ISBN=978-0-8058-5342-1}}</ref>

However, balanced literacy has received criticism from researchers and others suggesting that, in many instances, it is merely ''whole language'' by another name.<ref>Whole Language Lives On: The Illusion of "Balanced" Reading Instruction, 2008, Forward, Louisa Cook Moats, {{ISBN|978-1-4379-0236-5}} </ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencenews.org/article/balanced-literacy-phonics-teaching-reading-evidence|title=It's time to stop debating how to teach kids to read and follow the evidence, Emily Sohn, Science news, 2020-04-26.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/unbalanced-comments-on-balanced-literacy|title=Unbalanced Comments on Balanced Literacy, Timothy Shanahan, 2014-10-31}}</ref><ref>''The Death and Life of the Great American School System'', 2016, page 39, Diane Ravitch, {{ISBN|978-0-465-09799-9}} </ref>