Teaching our kids to read is about more than sounding out words or summarizing texts. True reading comprehension requires more of students — and of schools.

In the early grades, U.S. schools value reading-comprehension skills over knowledge. The results are devastating, especially for poor kids.

Five years on from the disruption of lockdown, young readers are engaging with more challenging books—and understanding them ...

How the U.S. records kids' reading comprehension skills "Achievement levels," according to the NAEP site, "are performance standards that describe what students should know and be able to do."The ...

The best way to boost students’ reading comprehension is to expand their knowledge and vocabulary by teaching them history, science, literature, and the arts, using curricula that guide kids ...

While independent reading is certainly important, reading out loud to kids as old as age 14 still holds benefits, both academically and emotionally. At this age, it’s about your older child’s ...

What Kids Are Reading report includes insights from over 40,000 pupils in Scotland, and reveals children using structured ...

Those kids did better on a comprehension test on the story. Then the researchers read all the kids another story about made-up animals called wugs, equalizing background knowledge.

Effective reading requires recognizing words and also understanding what they mean. Between 7-10 percent of children have specific reading-comprehension difficulties. These children can read text ...

Kids love to learn on smartphones and tablets. Here are some of the most highly-regarded free reading apps for kids spanning iOS, Android, and Kindle devices.