Sorenson attributes her students’ language and content growth to the school’s intensive training for teachers across the ...

A student exits a school bus as they arrive to Creative Arts Secondary School on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Saint Paul, Minn. (Ellen Schmidt/Minnesota Reformer) The share of Minnesota eighth graders ...

Phonics gets more attention in elementary English/language arts classrooms than other core foundational reading skills, like fluency. More generally, states’ new reading laws emphasizing foundational ...

Mara Mitchell long suspected her oldest son C.J. just skimmed over books without really comprehending what he was reading. But she didn’t grasp how poor his skills were until he sat down a couple ...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress is a federal program that measures student achievement at three grades (4, 8, 12) across a range of skills, subjects and variables. Student achievement ...

CHARLOTTE — New data released in the national report card shows basic reading and math skills for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools at their lowest levels since data has been recorded. The report card, ...

Books on the shelf at M.H. Moore Elementary School on Aug. 13, 2024. Amanda McCoy amccoy@star-telegram.com In the Fort Worth Independent School District and across Texas, conversations about literacy ...

More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, a critical year for literacy development, according ...

As many as 45% of U.S. high school seniors lack basic math skills, while more than 30% lack basic reading skills—the lowest rates in more than three decades—according to test results released by the U ...