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 ...

NZCER has updated the item calibrations used to calculate scale scores for PAT Pānui | Reading Comprehension on the NZCER ...

It can take years for students to acquire enough academic knowledge to make a difference in reading test scores. A new study suggests that standardized reading tests often fail to reflect what ...

“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 ...

To enhance reading comprehension, you need to read.” Someone shared this comment on the guide I published yesterday on my ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Eighth-grade students in the overseas Department of Defense Dependents Schools outperformed all their U.S.-based peers for a first-place finish in reading comprehension in 2002, ...

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 ...

January 22, 2026 - Fausto Lopez finished high school, got an associate degree and applied to attend a four-year college - all while inside juvenile detention. A panel of reading experts has designated ...

Alphabet’s AI research company DeepMind has released the next generation of its language model, and it says that it has close to the reading comprehension of a high schooler — a startling claim. It ...