Four school districts in major urban areas using the science of reading found while students are grasping basic literacy ...

Reading comprehension instruction doesn't line up with what the evidence shows can work—and it goes on way too long. A recent meta-analysis confirms that it’s best to teach reading comprehension ...

While necessary, the two essential components of reading comprehension—decoding and language comprehension—are not sufficient to improve outcomes in international reading assessments such as Programme ...

GRADE 5 students in the Philippines continue to fall behind most Southeast Asian neighbors in terms of proficiency in reading and mathematics, a learning assessment program by the United Nations ...

This research was partially funded by the National Research Foundation (NRF). While this problem has received considerable attention, no clear explanation has emerged. In my recent PhD thesis, I ...

While the world celebrated International Literacy Day, South Africa faced a harsh reality: 81% of Grade 4 learners reportedly can decode words but cannot read for meaning, according to PIRLS 2021.