Reading skills for eighth-graders hit their lowest level since testing began in 1992. Levels for fourth-graders were also near record lows as educators struggle to keep students engaged in a ...

Fourth and eighth graders' literacy skills dipped – once again – on ... according to the Nation's Report Card published Wednesday. Reading test score declines began in 2019, were exacerbated ...

New national test scores indicate a continuing slide in reading skills.

People with more knowledge tend to be better readers. That’s not proof that increasing knowledge improves reading. It could be that higher achieving kids like learning about the world and enjoy ...

The recent report on national reading scores was, as a top education data official put it, a “sobering” reminder that ...

Locally, scores for fourth and eighth graders from last spring's STAAR test show between 50 and 60 percent of students rank at "meets and above" standards for reading. If you equate that to a grade ...

One of California’s starkest — and most important — letdowns is the consistent failure to help elementary and middle school ...