The theory is that the more familiar students are with science, history, geography and even art, the easier it will be for ...

Today’s eighth graders are shaped by pandemic learning and issues with student engagement that followed school shutdowns.

The program improved students’ phonics skills but not their overall reading comprehension ... are going to see that students have that 4th grade slump.” In response to a question about ...

As it stands now, there are different levels of what's considered proficient for the Illinois Assessments of Readiness, taken by students in third to eighth grade in reading and math, the Illinois ...

A new Arkansas law will bar initiative ballot titles written above an eighth-grade reading level. And canvassers will have to verify that petition signers have either read the ballot title or had ...

Pawlik said there are inmates in prison who are reading at the third-grade level. “If we can get them to the eighth-grade reading level they’re going to have such a better life,” she said.

LWVAR argues that challenging Act 602 is further complicated because Griffin substituted and certified Save AR Democracy’s ballot title on May 21 so that it would meet the eighth-grade reading ...

Antoinette Grajeda is a multimedia journalist who has reported since 2007 on a wide range of topics, including politics, health, education, immigration and the arts for NPR affiliates, print ...