STAAR reading passage rates plummet in eighth grade alone 8th-grade reading scoresdown across the state By Alia Malik, Francisco Vara-Orta, Staff Writers Updated May 28, 2015 2:31 p.m.

Recent STAAR test results show that while Texas students increased literacy rates slightly, nearly half of students in third ...

State Education Commissioner John King has dropped "The Hare and the Pineapple " from New York's eighth-grade reading test after critics mocked reading-comprehension questions about the nonsense ...

At the Watertown city school board meeting this week, Dr. Christina Copeland, a parent, objected to the book being taught in 8th grade classrooms.

Research shows that asking students to monitor and correct their own understanding of text as they read can boost their ...

Read a passage from the third-grade reading test called “Secrets Are Hard to Keep” and answer the six questions that students were tested on.

HISD Houston ISD reviewing curriculum creation after sexually charged reading passage was included in eighth-grade lesson plan A school district spokesperson said the “inappropriate” passage ...

Students across the state are still scratching their heads over an absurd test question about a talking pineapple. The puzzler on the eighth-grade reading exam stumped even educators and has ...

Amy Manuel, whose twin sons are in the eighth-grade reading class in Texas, told KFDM-6 she objected to the book's content regarding Anne's attraction toward another girl, saying of the passage in ...

In his latest rejection of the direct democracy ballot title, Attorney General Tim Griffin said the title was written at a 12th grade reading level.

Questions about the reading and writing tests arose after some education advocates pointed to studies showing passages were written above elementary and middle schoolers' grade levels.

A careful reading of the paper shows what could be interpreted as an astounding lack of consistency: some test passages were written below grade level, while others were written far above grade level.