comprehension
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The government first announced its plans for a statutory Year 8 reading assessment in schools, to assess fluency and comprehension, in autumn 2025.
From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026
This allows events to balloon beyond our comprehension, and may be preventing us from stopping this insanity.
From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026
Phonics instruction gets kids in the door, then whole language comprehension needs to take over.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
But the hurtling pace of the cast, combined with some misguided blocking that has characters speaking at points with their backs to the audience, makes comprehension more difficult than necessary.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026
“I’m not smiling when I say it. I tell you that a clever, thoughtful, ambitious hairdresser wields a power beyond the comprehension of most men.”
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing comprehension
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Edge: Academic Vocabulary
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