Even though Laura Baumert’s son Andrew can choose whatever book he likes for the 20-minutes daily sustained silent reading program at his middle school, he still finds reading a chore. Over the years, ...

But it also takes what Moats calls a “text-based” approach to reading comprehension. The program instructs teachers to develop their lessons and questions for students purposefully ...

In a nationally representative survey, the Education Week Research Center asked K-2 and special education teachers what curricula, programs, and textbooks they had used for early reading ...