Jun. 21—Some Alabama school districts made big gains on the state's third grade reading test, even as expectations grew tougher, but local districts generally saw a slight drop in the percentage of ...

The Harford County Board of Education approved a contract award at its Monday meeting for the pilot of the Benchmark Advance program in reading for select elementary schools beginning this fall. On ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a troubling impact on the reading skills of school kids in the youngest grades. A series of new studies indicate that roughly one-third of the youngest school kids are ...

The Alabama Board of Education is set to raise expectations for third graders by gradually increasing a benchmark on the state’s high-stakes reading test. Currently, educators decide whether or not a ...

The outlook on benchmark reading levels for third graders across Indiana has remained dismal, despite the state’s strong support for K-12 education, including school choice, high-quality pre-K ...

Merced City School District superintendent Julianna Stocking participates in Reading Across America recently at an elementary school. The district is working to improve poor literacy proficiency ...

Each April, all 3rd through 5th graders in my school take the DC-CAS—a standardized, summative assessment of grade-level skills in reading and math. It is a grueling eight-day test paralyzing the ...