The Third-Grade Reading Summative Assessment is a 50-question, multiple-choice test that measures reading comprehension and proficiency. Public schools statewide will administer the assessment ...

In the reading comprehension section, a nuanced, slight yet affecting story called simply “Text #2”, which can best be summarised as being about love, marriage and annulment, is followed by ...

Keep your soon-to-be or leaving 1st (first) graders, ages 6 and 7, practicing their growing reading skills with the best 1st ...

Emann hoped that this new system would head off some of the reading difficulties she had seen in her nearly two decades as a 4th grade teacher, working with many students who didn’t know how to ...

A struggling reader in first grade has a 90 percent chance of still struggling in fourth grade; a struggling third grade reader has only a one-in-four chance to catch up by high school.

First, phonics knowledge does not always translate into skillfully comprehending text.Some students can decode words quickly and smoothly but still not deeply understand what they are reading ...

On national tests last year, only 18 percent of black 4 th-graders scored proficient or above in reading; the figure for white 4 th-graders was 45 percent.For 8 th graders, the percentages were 15 ...

Bill to ease TN's third-grade reading and retention law clears first legislative hurdle. ... The legislation still faces multiple votes in the House and Senate and could put lawmakers at odds with ...

A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below grade level on recent spring reading tests.