By the time Ana made it to my kindergarten classroom as a repeater, she felt defeated — anxious, frustrated, and convinced that reading was out of reach. Her previous struggles with literacy had ...

This approach outlines five essential components — phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension ... who struggle with reading after third grade often continue to fall ...

For most students, instruction in how to read ends sometime in elementary school. But some kids still struggle well beyond ...

The book ends with more guidance for discussion and reading comprehension questions ... I would not expect a 4-year-old to be able to read simple words. This is a skill set for kindergarten and first ...

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

Bricia Pizarra is shown in 2023 teaching a second-grade summer reading class at Wooten Elementary. Texas' average reading ...

We speak differently than we write. For comprehension development, children need exposure to syntax common to both.

Eighth grade test scores in Maryland have been declining for many years — and not just because schools shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Math and reading scores tested annually have ...