40 percent — The number of first grade students “well below grade level” in reading in 2020, compared with 27 percent in 2019, according to Amplify Education Inc. First grade in particular — “the ...

Two reading programs that kick off in July are giving Grove first-grade students a jump start on their reading skills.

Most U.S. kids learn to read by first or second grade, ... By second or third grade, reading longer books independently, ... ABCYa has a collection of games by grade level for children in K-6.

“If parents do only one thing routinely to get their children ready for 1st grade, reading every day, a variety of books, would be it,” said Seena Hawley, executive director of the Berkeley Baby Book ...

A new nationwide study has found that children entering first grade in 2013 had significantly better reading skills than similar students had just 12 years earlier. Researchers say this means that ...

As test scores lag, there’s a growing debate between proponents of the “science of reading,” which emphasizes phonics, and traditional educators who prefer to instill a love of literature.