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California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use ...
Texas children’s performance on an annual reading test was basically flat from 2012 to 2021, even as the state spent billions ...
SHELDON—The new stormwater fee for the city of Sheldon flowed through its initial test during last Wednesday’s meeting when ...
Portions of a column I wrote a few years ago became mandatory reading for hundreds of thousands of high schoolers across the ...
It’s a skill that most of us don’t give a lot of thought to. But unlike a great many things all of us are engaged in, reading is an essential skill that we cannot do without. If you’re able to read, ...
Illinois education officials are considering plans to cut state test scores, however, the curriculum state educators use will ...
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is updating its state report card system, which annually rates schools and ...
More than 4,000 third graders are enrolled in summer programming at MNPS as the effects of the state reading law unfold.
The average reading score for high school seniors dropped between 2015 and 2019, while math scores for those soon-to-be-graduates remained flat, according to the latest round of national test ...
Thoughts from a teacher and tutor Leung*, an English teacher at a local secondary school, said that two of the topics covered in this year’s reading exam were quite unexpected. “I don’t ...
The most recent exam was administered in early 2024 in every state, testing fourth- and eighth-grade students on math and reading. “The news is not good,” said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the ...
Idaho students have demonstrated minimal academic growth in reading and math, according to the most recent results from a federal exam dubbed “The Nation’s Report Card.” Fourth and eighth ...