More than 1 in 3 children in kindergarten through grade 3 have little chance of reading on grade level by the end of the school year without major and systemic interventions. That’s according to a new ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. Reading comprehension is a complex endeavor. It’s heavily dependent on learning new ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -A new Ohio Department of Education report showed 46 districts and 104 charter schools were required to submit reading improvement plans last year due to low test scores in early grades ...

In 2015, Minnesota’s Northfield Public Schools had a district-wide gut check. The pre-K-12 district serves 4000 kids, and that year a new state law requiring that all high school juniors take the ACT ...

A literacy summit organized by Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's office hinted at a reconsideration of Republicans' school ...

Michigan's third graders ― at a stage of development when stakes are high to master reading — slid in those scores on the state M-STEP test compared with 2023, while elementary schoolers largely ...

More than 40% of grammar school students in the city failed the state’s standardized math and reading texts this year — but officials praised some gains in the results released Monday. More city ...

Most California students continue to struggle from pandemic learning setbacks and do not meet grade-level standards in math and reading, new state test scores show, with incremental gains in math but ...

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Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report covers ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Education Agency released the Spring 2025 STAAR results for grades 3 through 8 on Tuesday, highlighting a strong rebound in reading and language arts scores as well as ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Due to circumstances related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, just about four out of 10 students across New York State participated in last spring’s math and reading exams ...