While the Michigan Department of Education leaders praised improvements made by students in some grades in reading and math on the state test, the state's third graders continued to slide in reading ...

Michigan's third graders have struggled to pass the state's annual assessment every spring, with the proportion of students passing the test declining nearly every year since the test's inception. In ...

The reading slump has been well documented in other data sources. In January, results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress showed reading scores for 4th and 8th grades continuing to ...

The California Reading Coalition organizer comes to Santa Barbara on October 18 for a talk on “Moving the Needle on Early ...

Major improvements in early literacy in Indiana in 2025 are helping fuel the excitement about what is possible in 2026. Operation Education is revisiting IREAD-3 results and zooming into more schools ...

Mississippi's education turnaround involved more than phonics, requiring statewide screeners, intensive remediation programs, and Governor Phil Bryant's leadership commitment.

Out of nearly 3,300 third graders in New Orleans public schools last year, only four were required to repeat the grade under a new state reading law. It isn't because the city's students are so ...

Milwaukee is facing a significant reading crisis affecting the majority of its students. Milwaukee education and civic leaders have formed a new coalition to unite various school sectors on this issue ...

Comparing spring 2023 OSTP scores with 2025, every grade in the district showed increased proficiency rates in both math and ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. High school students hit historic lows in math and reading on national tests, continuing a decade-long decline ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-long slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 ...