There are varying assessments for reading comprehension in New Hanover County’s elementary schools. So what does each tell ...

Text readability encompasses two aspects, namely, ease of comprehension and ease of processing (in relation to the effort ...

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 ...

Helping students learn to read is usually the job of early elementary educators. But teachers of older children—who report that nearly half of their students have difficulty reading—say they need more ...

In the history of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), eighth-grade reading scores have never been this ...

After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WRGB) — American students are facing a troubling decline in reading comprehension, with recent data from the federal Education Department revealing record low scores for 2024. The ...

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 ...