The science of reading is the latest version of the reading wars brought to national attention by the popular press. Although most of the popular press has focused on phonics and early reading, in this article, we chose to study what happened to the research on reading comprehension. By the beginning of the 21st century, there had emerged a mainstream view of reading comprehension and comprehension instruction. However, four factors distorted, impeded, and swamped the research findings. (1) Commercial publishers fit comprehension instruction into a curricular format that distorted the intent of the research. (2) The No Child Left Behind Act, with its high-stakes testing and concomitant interim assessments, moved the focus in schools from developing comprehension to passing tests. (3) The publishers’ criteria for the Common Core State Standards promoted instruction that ran contrary to research findings. (4) Problems with the educational research, publication, development, and dissemination process itself further weakened the effect of research on practice. We conclude with suggestions for researchers to better communicate their results and procedures to other educators, suggestions for how the research community can have a greater impact on the development and review of commercial reading materials and policy initiatives, and suggestions for improving the education of future researchers, administrators, and teachers.

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阅读科学：修改、扭曲或忽视阅读理解研究结果的四种力量

阅读科学是大众媒体引起全国关注的阅读战争的最新版本。尽管大多数流行媒体都关注语音和早期阅读，但在本文中，我们选择研究阅读理解研究发生了什么。到21世纪初，阅读理解和理解教学出现了主流观点。然而，有四个因素扭曲、阻碍和淹没了研究结果。(1) 商业出版商将理解性教学融入课程形式，从而扭曲了研究的意图。(2) 不让一个孩子掉队法案，其高风险的测试和伴随的中期评估，将学校的重点从培养理解能力转移到通过测试。(3) 出版商对共同核心州标准的标准促进了与研究结果相反的教学。(4)教育研究、出版、发展和传播过程本身的问题进一步削弱了研究对实践的影响。最后，我们建议研究人员更好地将他们的结果和程序传达给其他教育工作者，建议研究界如何对商业阅读材料和政策举措的开发和审查产生更大的影响，以及改善未来研究人员教育的建议、管理员和教师。而传播过程本身进一步削弱了研究对实践的影响。最后，我们建议研究人员更好地将他们的结果和程序传达给其他教育工作者，建议研究界如何对商业阅读材料和政策举措的开发和审查产生更大的影响，以及改善未来研究人员教育的建议、管理员和教师。而传播过程本身进一步削弱了研究对实践的影响。最后，我们建议研究人员更好地将他们的结果和程序传达给其他教育工作者，建议研究界如何对商业阅读材料和政策举措的开发和审查产生更大的影响，以及改善未来研究人员教育的建议、管理员和教师。