Education Week

Reading Comprehension Hinges on Building Knowledge. New Curricula Aim to Help

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Portage, Mich. - Portage, Mich., is more than 500 miles from the ocean—so students here ...
WHQR

NHCS elementary students improving on basic reading comprehension, get mixed results on end-of-grade tests

There are varying assessments for reading comprehension in New Hanover County’s elementary schools. So what does each tell ...
Education Week

Reading Comprehension Teaching Has Improved—But Not Nearly Enough

There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...
JSTOR Daily

Unpicking the Developmental Relationship Between Oral Language Skills and Reading Comprehension: It's Simple, But Complex

Listening comprehension and word decoding are the two major determinants of the development of reading comprehension. The relative importance of different language skills for the development of ...