Kids' reading level is at all time low. Parents can play a key role in helping them develop this crucial life skill—here's ...

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

Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the ...

Using a pointer or guide, such as a finger or pen, can help you stay focused while reading silently. This technique prompts ...

Related: Reading comprehension loses out in the classroom. Since then, Wijekumar has continued to refine her reading program and test it with more students. Her most recent study, a large-scale ...

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below ...

McMahon appeared to be referencing National Assessment of Educational Progress proficiency scores, which do not indicate grade-level performance.

Why the Reading Comprehension Section is Difficult Passages in this section are crafted to be dry and impenetrable. While a careful reader could decipher them in time, time is in short supply.

Origins: This little bit of intriguing linguistic trivia stormed through inboxes in September 2003. That the order of letters within words is relatively unimportant to reading comprehension as ...