An interactive tests scholars' reading comprehension skills. After reading or listening to a brief informational text, learners answer five fill-in-the-blank questions. Results appear instantly.

Test scholar's reading comprehension skills with a practice that challenges pupils to read an informational text about the Amerian Revolution then answer 10 questions. 

Ten multiple-choice questions follow a short informative reading about Abigail Adams. Feedback appears instantly and ends with a detailed report.

Scholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's "The Drummer Boy of Shiloh." They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...

An interactive practice challenges scholars to read an informational text then answer nine questions. The topic of the text is Alexander Graham Bell. Questions are a mix of multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank.

This site offers links to several reading comprehension worksheets and tips to teachers for creating reading comprehension assessments for first graders.

This article describes some of the thought processes that can help students perform well on standardized tests of reading comprehension. It includes two reading passages along with sample test questions that call on skills that eighth...

Working with students on identifying problem and solution in their reading? Here is a simple concept, with a printable chart, for teaching and reinforcing this concept. Applicable for any subject area, could be used (modified) at any level.

Brush up on your reading comprehension skills when you check out this website. It looks at a particular strategy called QAR. QAR stands for "Question-Answer Relationships." This particular strategy helps students learn to answer reading...

Read Theory provides a free reading comprehension assessment that is designed for reading students in elementary grades. Four multiple choice questions and three extended response questions are included on this nonfiction reading...

Read Theory provides a free reading comprehension assessment that is designed for reading students in the middle grades. Five multiple choice questions and three extended response questions are included on the assessment.

Read Theory provides a free reading comprehension assessment that is designed for students in the high school grades. Five multiple choice questions and three extended response questions are included on thia nonfiction reading assessment.

In this article, "comprehension strategies" are explained. Supported by research, these strategies are divided into seven different steps, including the following: monitoring comprehension, metacognition, graphic and semantic organizers,...

Explains what to expect on the Reading Comprehension portion of the LSAT test and how to prepare yourself.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a five-page PDF fiction passage entitled "Amy's Halloween Secret" followed by 10 reading comprehension questions. Click on double arrow on the top right to download, print, or make full screen....

This lesson engages students in reading comprehension strategies related to Patty Lovell's book, Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon. Students will participate in listening to other stories with the same message and then will determine the "big...

Article provides excellent tips and strategies for building comprehension and critical thinking skills in Social Studies. It describes some of the challenges students have with reading and understanding their textbooks.

A resourceful site explaining, chronicling, and detailing the idea of students' monitoring their own comprehension of a task or understanding. Includes a video link, quotes from experts, links, and more.

A reading passage with five multiple-choice questions to assess comprehension.

Contains plans for three lessons that teach a reading comprehension technique called the prediction strategy, where students predict what will happen in a story before reading. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional...

[Free Registration/Login Required] The passage "Who Wants a Spiny Snack?" focuses on the Pufferfish and how it has adapted to protect itself from predators in the ocean. A comprehension question set with answer key is provided. A Step...

[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage from the Philadelphia Museum of Art focuses on a painting by Thomas Hovenden in 1890. It is followed by a comprehension question set; a Step Read is also available.

[Free Registration/Login Required] The article "The Rise of Oxygen in the Earth's Atmosphere" from the American Museum of Natural History focuses on when the rise of oxygen in the earth's atmosphere began. A Step Read, a question set,...

This Daily Teaching Tools resource provides ten free reading comprehension tests with a corresponding answer key and list of reading skills covered. All passages are high interest for middle school students.