Focusing on evidence-based teaching practices is critical when teaching students how to read, says this letter to the editor.

Our average reading scores now rank 37th in the nation for fourth-graders and 44th for eighth-graders, both downgrades from ...

Maryland’s schools are showing signs of progress in reading achievement, but a new report underscores that a deep and lasting ...

Other states have taken a very different approach – they have created comprehensive state-level reading plans to change their education system. And they’ve gotten results. By 2019, Mississippi was in ...

As of 2023, the state ranks among the top 20 for fourth grade reading ... vocabulary and reading comprehension. The law provided K-3 teachers with training and support to help students master reading ...

State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and ...

another older 2017 study shows that long-term fiction readers tend to have a better-developed theory of mind. Researchers have found that reading comprehension and vocabulary knowledge are related.