“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 ...

Building knowledge beginning in kindergarten can eliminate test-score gaps between lower- and higher-income students, according to a new study. Building students’ general knowledge can lead to ...

As schools around the nation scramble to respond to the alarm bells set off by falling scores on “the nation’s report card,” we—two university professors who teach reading courses and who are former ...

There are a lot of things that have improved over the past 50 years, but are still far from perfect: Car safety. Solar power uptake. Scores of medical procedures. Add reading comprehension instruction ...

Michigan reflected a nationwide trend when it saw student test scores decline for fourth- and eighth-graders in reading and for eighth-graders in math between 2022 and 2024, according to national test ...