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

That’s the current term for phonics, which California’s education establishment has often resisted despite ample evidence that it improves kids’ ability to read. CalMatters is a public interest ...

Fourth and eighth grade reading scores declined by two points on average since 2022—roughly as much as they did between 2019 and 2022. Some 33% of eighth graders scored below “basic” on the ...

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The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in 1992, results from a closely watched federal exam show. Only 60% of ...

There was no pandemic recovery on NAEP, the National Assessment of Educational Progress, nationwide and in nearly all states.

Despite some improvements — notably in fourth-grade math — the national results were pockmarked by widening gaps in student performance and declines in reading scores, including the largest share of ...

Silas Allen [email protected] More than half of all fourth- and eighth-graders in the Fort Worth Independent School District are below basic proficiency in reading, according to nationwide ...

The plan is ambitious; statewide, only about 52% of public school students meet or exceed reading at grade level. Flanked by board members, Fort Worth City Council members, parents and students ...

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