Pandemic-era scores have declined in multiple subjects. Thirteen-year-olds received historically low math test scores in the most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), dubbed "the ...

More than two-thirds of Maryland students are not reading proficiently, and the progress toward improvement is slow, according to an annual report from an education nonprofit. “We must be blunt: We ...

A recent report from NWEA found that middle schoolers are showing a noticeable decline in reading abilities. The findings surmise that this is in part due to lack of in-person instruction during the ...

Corrected: A previous version of this essay misstated the title of the author’s co-authored book. It is called Build Reading Fluency (Shell Education Publishing, 2023). The first post-pandemic ...

One of the primary missions of any educational institution is to produce graduates who are literate. The ability to derive meaning from print is central to the definition of literacy. Many people ...

What, exactly, does the “science of reading” mean? The phrase has become popular over the past several years, used as a shorthand for many of the instructional changes schools have adopted to bring ...

Angie Hackman teaches chemistry at Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, where all teachers are required to integrate literacy instruction into their classes. Credit: Image provided by ...

As the United Nations marks its 80th anniversary with a resolution to streamline its processes, the world body is discovering it has a relevancy problem: Few people read anything it puts out. At least ...