A reading revolution: Schools turn to science-based approach
John Parent sat in the kindergarten classroom in wonderment as he saw the "science of reading" paying off in October 2023. "They're reading CVC words, three-letter words with consonant-vowel-consonant ...
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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it
People with more knowledge tend to be better readers. That’s not proof that increasing knowledge improves reading. It could be that higher achieving kids like learning about the world and enjoy ...
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6 Ways Technology Can Help You Teach Reading More Effectively
When used well, tech tools can reveal where students are struggling, highlight their progress, and challenge and inspire them ...
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Latest National Report Card Says Kids' Reading Scores Have Hit All-Time Lows
The National Report Card shows a significant number of children have "below basic" reading skills. But why, and what can ...
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A dismal report card in math and reading
The kids are not bouncing back. The results of a major national test released Wednesday showed that in 2024, reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students were still significantly below ...
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One country wants to close math achievement gaps by ending academic tracking
equivalent to 12th grade. Before the start of her Year 9 term, Waretini-Beaumont and her fellow students were divided up into groups to take tests in “maths,” reading comprehension, and patterns and ...
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The Belebele Benchmark for Massively Multilingual NLU Evaluation
Please refer to our paper for more details, The Belebele Benchmark: a Parallel Reading Comprehension Dataset in 122 Language Variants. 900 questions per language variant 488 distinct passages ...
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Want Better Teaching? Get Better Curricula.
There has been little or no attention to the need to build knowledge to enable reading comprehension ... it’s being given in 5th through 8th grade in districts that choose to participate. Some reading ...
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Tracking Familial History of Reading and Math Difficulties in Children’s Academic Outcomes
Broadly, the present study focused on understanding the extent to which familial history of academic difficulties have an impact on children’s reading and math outcomes by using data from a 3-year ...
We Make Indiana addressing third grade reading crisis, recruiting community tutors
Community members can volunteer to tutor by filling out a form on We Make Indiana's website. Notre Dame's Tutor-ND will then ...
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What’s contributing to the ‘3rd grade reading crisis’ in Michiana?
New laws in Indiana could mean that nearly 40% of Hoosier kids will be held back from fourth grade. But this burden isn’t ...
Advocacy group seeks tutors to combat ‘3rd grade reading crisis’ in South Bend
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) - There’s a rising third-grade level reading crisis across the state of Indiana. With the new Indiana ...