But, this is exactly what reading-comprehension questions, like those found on NAEP, demand. Kids need phonics and comprehension instruction.

The kindergarten class was about 80% Latino and overwhelmingly low-income, and relatively few parents had gone to college. About half the children were learning English.

Add reading comprehension instruction to the list. A new review paper from researchers across six different universities finds that English/language arts teachers across grades K-12 aren’t ...

When it comes to reading, kindergarten is the new first grade. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2017 / 04 / 170413084639.htm. Ohio State University.

Executive functioning and reading comprehension can be conceptualized into three components (Chang, 2020): Cognitive flexibility, or our ability to shift between understanding the words we are ...