Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research ... on practices related to grade 3-8 students’ reading comprehension.

Increasing comprehension is a fundamental skill in the reading process, particularly in grades K-4. In some cases ... the time a student reaches fourth grade, school curricula introduce more ...

France has managed to halt the decline in reading comprehension scores of its pupils, but still falls short of the European ... schoolchildren in the fourth grade or equivalent level (CM1 in ...