Reading is "a powerful predictor of long-term success," says literacy advocate Maya Payne Smart. Here are five steps parents ...

And while reading teachers spend less than a quarter of the class time devoted to reading working on comprehension, that’s still magnitudes more than the less than 1 percent of time research ...

A middle-school teacher in Riverside County, Calif., had students generate keywords from a section of a book, use them to ...

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below grade level on recent spring reading tests, new state data shows. That’s ...

More time was spent on reading comprehension instruction in reading or English class, but it was still just 23 percent of instructional time. Still, that is a big improvement over the original 1978 ...

Proof Points What happens to reading comprehension when students focus on the main idea Large-scale replication in high-poverty schools yields mixed results by Jill Barshay May 26, 2025 young boy ...

Engaging in reading-aloud games encourages learners to practise new skills, build confidence, and strengthen comprehension in a friendly, positive environment.

More time was spent on reading comprehension instruction in reading or English class, but it was still just 23 percent of instructional time. Still, that is a big improvement over the original 1978 ...

William McKenzie: Legislation passed in 2019 required Texas school districts to offer instruction based upon the science of reading. That was a good step.

According to a Gallup survey from 2022, Americans are reading fewer books per year than ever before. And the time that people spend reading has dropped over the years, too.