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Making the Grade in Reading Fluency

Picture of Timothy Rasinski on the Kent State campus.
Kent State University
Rasinski has written over 200 articles and has authored a multitude of books on the subject of reading education.

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D. is a professor of Literacy Education and Co-Director of the Literacy Center at Kent State University.  In 2010 he was inducted into the International Reading Hall of Fame.  He speaks to why so many of kids are not reading at grade level.  He researches how to help those kids and his expertise is in reading fluency.

J. Nungesser is a multiple media journalist at Ideastream Public Media.