The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) announced plans yesterday to award $100 million in grant funding to a new Reading for Understanding Research Initiative. Over the next five years, IES will support six teams as they take on the thorny issue of reading comprehension for students in all grades. Comprehension is a critical issue for students in areas like Math, Science, and Social Studies, where engaging with complex ideas in written text is key to academic success. From third grade on, students should be able to use reading as a tool for learning in all subjects.
IES Focuses on Reading Comprehension
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