Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. When is a reading test not a true reading test? Most of the time. For years, cognitive ...

A new book argues for the importance of national assessments in the U.S. but overlooks the negative impact of "reading" tests. Few Americans know much about the standardized tests collectively known ...

“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...

Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their ...

Most tests that elementary teachers take to enter the profession don’t adequately measure their knowledge of best practices for reading instruction, a new analysis contends. The report, from the ...

Online extensive reading has been shown to improve English reading comprehension and related motivational factors. However, few studies have examined the structural relationship between affective ...

The importance of vocabulary knowledge in reading comprehension is well-recognized, and its relationship with comprehension has been widely explored in previous studies. However, there is limited ...