The comprehension of written texts requires ... to compare their predictions with what they actually encountered. A third in-class strategy involves questioning: What do we want to know from this ...

(WBRC) - Your kids may be enjoying spring break, but are they prepared for the state reading test when they return? The Alabama state superintendent’s office says they are expecting somewhere between ...

In a couple years, Maryland school will teach kids to read using brain science, find struggling readers early and make ...

The Maryland State Board of Education gave final approval Tuesday to a controversial literacy policy that calls for holding ...

They are meant to help you analyze passages and answer questions, not to be a distraction. Many reading comprehension questions depend on understanding a passage’s structure: how sentences and ...

The other group got “business as usual,” which generally means a focus on reading comprehension skills ... They found that by third grade, the treatment group significantly outperformed ...

Phonics, vocabulary, and a lesson in anatomy and Greek mythology all in one morning? Wyoming Public Schools is implementing a ...

Only 17% of third-to-eighth-grade ... As a result, teachers shifted from reading books to short passages, "mimicking the format of standardized reading-comprehension tests." Shifting toward ...

A new literacy policy will allow third grade students in Maryland to be held back if they don’t show adequate reading proficiency. After considering three different versions, the Maryland State Board ...

Massachusetts voters have elected to say “yes” to ballot question 2, eliminating the need for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) as a graduation requirement.

Only 17% of third-to-eighth-grade teachers said ... As a result, teachers shifted from reading books to short passages, "mimicking the format of standardized reading-comprehension tests." Shifting ...