Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Reading comprehension is a complex endeavor. It’s heavily dependent on learning new ...

Reading achievement is in the dumps. Unlike math, where kids appear to be making at least some signs of progress, reading scores continue their long-term slide. Policymakers in Washington are ...

An Alamance County middle school teacher helped her students analyze texts to improove their reading comprehension.

Building knowledge beginning in kindergarten can eliminate test-score gaps between lower- and higher-income students, according to a new study. Building students’ general knowledge can lead to ...

Why do so many students struggle to understand what they read, even after they learn how to read? That’s a topic of hot debate among reading researchers. One camp has been arguing that schools have ...

In the last few weeks, I’ve seen online posts from teachers bemoaning their students’ lack of enthusiasm for reading. Our international standardized test scores are down again. And then there’s the ...

As reading on screens is chipping away at our comprehension, some of us are also noticing that our ability to focus on printed material like books has fallen. Professor Reichle says constant ...

One of the best ways to enhance comprehension is to turn passive reading into active quizzing. Monsha, a free AI question ...