Research has shown that many children who read at the third - grade level in Grade 3 will not automatically become
proficient comprehenders in later grades.
Good comprehenders read for a purpose and actively monitor their own understanding of what they read.
Poor comprehenders are generally students who have significant language - learning deficits.
And, finally, if we do this, we will help all students become
strong comprehenders of high - level texts, and we will disproportionately help our most at - risk students.
The CPS process organizes thinking strategies into before, during, and after (BDA) stages, but
successful comprehenders use the process flexibly.
Capable comprehenders return to and revise their purposes and predictions as they process more text, in a «review and add to» manner.
Strong
comprehenders connect what they are reading to other texts, experiences, and knowledge that they have about the world.
Good instruction is the most powerful means of promoting the development of
proficient comprehenders and preventing reading comprehension problems.
However, growth was much greater for
good comprehenders and differences between the groups emerged over time.
Figure 1 shows how vocabulary knowledge for the children with specific reading comprehension difficulties (
poor comprehenders) increased over the four - year period.