On last year’s STAAR exams, 40% of the district’s fifth-graders scored on grade level or better in reading. But another 28% of fifth-graders were approaching grade level, meaning about two ...

Even as Texas legislators are focused on passing an expansive voucher program, they shouldn’t lose sight of where our education priorities should be. Improving our children’s reading and math ...

The initiatives were on full display last week, when a routine fifth-grade reading ... And on the 2023 reading STAAR, 43% of third-graders met grade level, 7 points below the state average.

Math students saw 56% meet their target, while 58% of third- through eighth-grade students tested in reading ... fifth-grade science, with 26.6% of HISD students expected to be proficient in STAAR.

Fourth and eighth graders also performed worse on the math portion of the 2024 test than they did before the pandemic. Fourth graders scored 3 points lower than the pre-pandemic year on average, and ...

“We really want to think… what issues are kids already seeing in their community that they probably have questions ... m reading that book this year. I’m so excited to be in fifth grade ...

Chris Ward, a Grade 4 teacher in Taber, Alta., runs a reading challenge each year with ... the students write answers to a few questions to show that they understood the content, he said.

State education officials want more school districts to shorten their summer break, arguing it's better for student learning.

Rice Consolidated Independent School District and Weimar Independent School District both held their first board meetings of the month, Jan. 13 and Jan. 20 respectively. In the meetings the two ...

Fifth graders across Grand Rapids will explore spades, secrets, and family in “Playing the Cards You’re Dealt,” by Varian ...