Picture a 3 rd grade classroom. A teacher and a child sit side by side, open booklets before them both. The teacher starts a timer. The girl begins to read: “Goldfish make good pets. They are easy to ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is sounding the alarm about how remote learning may affect students long-term. McCrory, who’s running for U.S. Senate, talked about third-grade reading scores on ...

MARIETTA, Ga. — To hear him read a book now, you’d never guess rising 4th grader Neal Dean Gilland used to struggle to finish a page. He started kindergarten during the pandemic and paired with his ...

One of the most fundamental skills students learn in school is still at the forefront of the national education conversation—how kids learn to read. The “science of reading” movement pushed forward in ...

It can take years for students to acquire enough academic knowledge to make a difference in reading test scores. A new study suggests that standardized reading tests often fail to reflect what ...

For the last five years, Alabama has embarked on an effort to dramatically reshape how it teaches reading to young students. And recently, it appeared to have paid off. Social media posts and news ...

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important. This is the first school year ...

The standardized Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program tests, also known as TNReady or TCAPs, kick off this week statewide. Last year's rollout of a controversial third grade reading and ...