American Children’s Reading Skills Reach New Lows
The percentage of eighth graders who have “below basic” reading skills according to NAEP was the largest it has been in the ...
Kids' reading, math skills are worsening, new test scores reveal. What's going on?
New national test scores show a bleak picture of American education in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fourth and ...
American Kids Are Getting Even Worse at Reading
The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in ...
US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of ...
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Caitlin Clark encourages reading, helping get books to kids who don't have access
Young readers are getting an assist from Caitlin Clark. Scholastic is donating 22,000 new books to the Caitlin Clark Foundation, which will then get them in the hands of kids who don't have easy ...
‘It Hurts Kids’: Many schools continue to teach controversial reading remediation program
Our investigators examine how the program works and dig into the states that have (and have not) banned the specific method.
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Solar-charging backpacks are helping children to read after dark
Today, James is 33, and many parents in rural Tanzania – where all year round the sun sets at around 7pm – must still choose between saving money and allowing their children to read at night.
Children’s Laureate Cottrell-Boyce warns early years reading at ‘crisis point’
Author Frank Cottrell-Boyce wants the Government to address the ‘invisible privilege and inequality’ of ‘more and more ...