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What Kids Are Reading report from Renaissance, published today, reveals how children’s reading habits are evolving across the ...
Free literacy tests aim to catch reading struggles early and connect families with help before kids fall behind.
The FAST tests are given to students three times over the school year, but only the last one counts toward school ...
Wakelyn: Research on 260 districts in 35 states found 3rd-grade reading scores rose in each of the last 3 years. What 3 of them are doing right.
Five AI bots took our tough reading test. One was smartest – and it wasn’t ChatGPT By Geoffrey A. Fowler Washington Post· 4 Jun, 2025 09:43 PM8 mins to read Save ...
In 2024, 70% of U.S. eighth-graders did not meet the "National Assessment of Educational Progress Proficient" reading achievement level on a test often referred to as the "Nation's Report Card." ...
Act 602 requires ballot titles be at no higher than an eighth grade reading level. That’s determined by running text through the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Readability Test, designed by the Navy ...
The researchers found that emotional intelligence at age 9 was significantly linked to reading comprehension at age 11, even after controlling for early reading ability, intelligence, and gender. This ...
SEATTLE — State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math are dropping, according to a non-partisan ...
A historically difficult hurdle for English language learners is returning next month with bigger stakes – pass Indiana’s third grade reading assessment or risk being held back.
The results of a major national test released Wednesday showed that in 2024, reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students were still significantly below those of students in 2019, the ...