Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. When is a reading test not a true reading test? Most of the time. For years, cognitive ...

“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...

Starting next week, Arkansas’ roughly 35,000 third graders will hit save and submit their answers to their end-of- the-year ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Eighth-grade students in the overseas Department of Defense Dependents Schools outperformed all their U.S.-based peers for a first-place finish in reading comprehension in 2002, ...

Preparing for the GED Reasoning Through Language Arts test is about more than just reading — it’s about reading smart. By using proven comprehension strategies like identifying main ideas, making ...

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