Students in Houston's largest school district recorded their worst scores in nearly two decades in a national assessment test conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, mirroring a nationwide ...

EdSource · How one student got her middle school to change its name (rebroadcast) Next week, the unpopular teacher licensure test, the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment, will be officially ...

At Fresh Meadows Elementary School in New York City, 1st grade teacher Courtney Horan hands her student, six-year-old Wenika, a copy of the children’s book Surprise Moon, by Caroline Hatton. Horan ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -Over 30% of U.S. students in their last year of high school lack basic reading skills, the lowest performance in over three decades, according to test results released on Tuesday ...

As cratering test scores intensify California’s resolve to improve student reading, one thing appears certain: the state’s newest teachers need to know how to teach literacy using foundational reading ...

This story originally appeared in The Philadelphia Tribune. Philadelphia’s public school students in grades 3-8 have increased their reading performance from last year, according to the district’s ...

The latest results of the tests known as the Nation’s Report Card offer a mostly grim view of academic progress in U.S. schools. “Over the past decade, there has been no progress in either mathematics ...

New York was tied for 32nd in the nation on a national assessment of students’ reading performance. By James Barron Good morning. It’s Thursday. Today we’ll look at why New York is lagging as states ...

American 15-year-olds continue to turn in flat results in a test that measures students' proficiency in reading, math and science worldwide, failing to crack the global top 20. The Program for ...

Andras Horvai, World Bank Country Director and Resident Representative in Russia, talks about the results of the latest Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) in the context of ...