Phyllis A. Wilkinson, Del Patty, The Effects of Sentence Combining on the Reading Comprehension of Fourth Grade Students, Research in the Teaching of English, Vol. 27, No. 1 (Feb., 1993), pp. 104-125 ...

This study investigated the relations between two specific dimensions of EF-attention shifting and inhibitory control-and reading comprehension for students in fourth grade (N = 120).

Some research has shown that a couple of commercially available knowledge-building programs can lead to better general reading-comprehension scores.

Increasing comprehension is a fundamental skill in the reading process, particularly in grades K-4. In some cases, children are able to read words and their comprehension difficulties go unnoticed.

The NAEP reading test is focused on reading comprehension. In this example from the 4th grade reading test, students first read a passage about how male emperor penguins care for their young.

Hirsch’s work in education is groundbreaking. His 2003 paper explained the “fourth grade slump”: In the US, researchers found that students from low-income families tended to score lower on reading ...

Fourth graders in Atlanta Public Schools made significant progress in national math and reading tests. Now the district will expand its reading program to middle schools.

South African learners consistently struggle with reading comprehension, performing poorly in both international and local assessments. A significant issue is that 81% of grade 4 learners (aged 9 ...