What makes a good reader? First, you have to know how to read the words on a page and understand them -- but there's a higher-level step to reading comprehension. You have to tie together the words ...

Many children who do not have trouble learning how to read do have trouble understanding what they read. Yet surprisingly, comprehension instruction did not receive much attention from reading ...

Study after study has shown that reading on screens just doesn’t have the same benefit as reading print books. But where does that leave teachers, who often are required to use both formats in their ...

In one sense, the national conversation about what it will take to make sure all children become strong readers has been wildly successful: States are passing legislation supporting evidence-based ...

The ASVAB word knowledge and paragraph comprehension sections are broken down as follows: ASVAB word knowledge: This is as simple as it gets. You're presented with a word and then are asked to choose ...

US schools are increasingly replacing full-length novels with short excerpts in literature classes, a shift driven by falling reading proficiency, shorter attention spans and the pull of digital media ...