It’s an interesting study, to be sure — if only the headlines actually described it. Turns out, only about 6 percent of the ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was ...

Kailani Simpson used her own experience struggling with ADHD in the classroom to design a clothing prototype to help kids like her.

Michigan children may be significantly lagging behind in fourth-grade reading, eight-grade math and overall in certain K-12 student groups compared to the rest of the country, according to a new ...

State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math are dropping.

In 2013, Mississippi ranked 49th in fourth grade reading scores. Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images Mississippi’s literacy program provides a learning gain equal to a year of schooling. The program ...

The testing window for the IREAD-3 assessment opens in just a few days. Legislation passed last year requires 3rd grade students to be retained if they do not pass the Indiana reading assessment.

Fourth graders in Atlanta Public Schools made significant progress in national math and reading tests. Now the district will expand its reading program to middle schools.

While 4th grade reading levels remained unchanged at 25% proficient, 8th grade levels took a dive of 6 percentage points from 28% in 2022 to 22% last year.

Last year, 45% of Delaware fourth grade students scored below basic reading levels on the NAEP test, which is 2 percentage points better than the results in 1998 and 2022.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana students are finding success in reading like never before. According to the Indiana Department of Education, Indiana achievement in fourth grade reading improved to sixth in the ...

Eighth-grade students are averaging their lowest-ever reading scores since the Department of Education began tracking nationwide progress in 1992. The newly released results for the 2024 National ...