Recent STAAR test results show that while Texas students increased literacy rates slightly, nearly half of students in third ...

Overall, the report says, Class 5 students got 45% of the answers correct for reading comprehension, 46% in maths and 50% for environmental studies. However, 43% of all students scored 35% or less ...

His theories about reading comprehension—and his alone—described precisely what I witnessed every day in my South Bronx 5 th grade classroom: children who could “decode” (read the words on ...

The third question is completed in the after-reading stage. A fifth in-class strategy helps students to build vocabulary and new concepts: ... and support the students' efforts with meaningful ...

It’s a well-worn adage in education that students first learn to read, and then read to learn. At some point, usually around 3rd grade, school systems assume that children have the basics down.

Today I’ll discuss how the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) aims to boost reading comprehension. The approach makes sense, but the aim seems unlikely to be met.