A new examination of national assessment data suggests that students need more practice building reading fluency and more explicit instruction in comprehension strategies. Students who can read text ...

Microsoft has rolled out Reading Progress, a free education tool for Teams that gives teachers artificial intelligence (AI) estimations of student performance and errors when reading text. The Teams ...

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Reading can be both a joy and a challenge, especially when you’re trying to improve fluency or tackle a new language. For students, it’s not just about decoding words—it’s about building confidence, ...

For typically developing readers, fluency—or the ability to read with speed, accuracy, and expression—is often simply a product of practice. Having mastered the letter sounds, decoding rules, and a ...

Microsoft Teams has introduced Reading Progress app, a free tool that enables students to read aloud, record themselves. Teachers can review recorded clips and track student's progress. The app can be ...

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As a society, we have become consumed by standardized tests. When I was growing up, high school was my first exposure to the famous scantron sheet. I was so particular about precisely filling in those ...

The science of reading has made a much-needed comeback in recent years, with several states enacting policies for educators training on it. However, fluency practice doesn’t have to occur only at ...

I am going to cover this subject matter from a different angle than what is customarily seen. Historically, parents and childcare professionals have begun this process with various IEP Goals in mind ...