Test a group of eighth graders who speak English at home. Is their Reading Comprehension better than non-English speakers?

Kindergarten teachers recommend building up your child's independence, practicing simple life skills, and attending a kindergarten orientation to prepare them for the new school year.

Focusing on phonics as a solution for better reading-comprehension scores is a flawed strategy, as insufficient phonics knowledge is unlikely to be the only reason children struggle to comprehend.

The Common Core State Standards require students to "read emergent-reader texts with purpose and understanding" by the end of kindergarten. How different is that from previous standards?

Giuliana Tapia was way behind her classmates. She was just 5 years old, starting kindergarten at Telesis Academy of Science and Math in West Covina. At a kindergarten screening two months before ...

Researchers found kindergartners who had attended transitional kindergarten are better prepared than those who had attended preschool or had not been in a formal preschool program.

Starting kindergarten is a big milestone in a child’s path to lifelong education, but too often, children in the United States are not adequately prepared.

Kindergarten is the new first grade when it comes to learning reading skills," Rodgers said. In the four basic skills, low-achieving students narrowed the achievement gap with other readers.

Learn how executive functioning skills support reading comprehension and ways we can use them in reading interventions.