Research shows that asking students to monitor and correct their own understanding of text as they read can boost their ...

Personalized reading plans from tutors offer significant benefits for 2nd grade students. These tailored approaches can boost ...

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 ...

Comprehension strategy instruction has a solid research base. Teacher guides on evidence-based practices from the What Works Clearinghouse recommend teaching students across grade levels how to ...

Instructional Strategies to Enhance Literacy Outcomes Through FingerspellingWe have developed an evidence based intervention called Fingerspelling Our Way to Reading, that is specifically designed for ...

Here is a simple example of a comprehension question that you might find in an English lesson. Tommy is wearing a grey jumper, round glasses and a blue hat.

His reading comprehension is impressive. “All the books I read over summer last year, I got 100% on all the quizzes,” Philip said, when school started last August. Reading isn’t Philip’s ...

Passing the reading portion of the third-grade annual test, called the Alabama Comprehensive Assessment Program or ACAP, is the quickest way to move on to the fourth grade. All second and third ...