Are you a teacher, instructional coach, or school leader who is concerned about how to support all students in accessing grade-level texts? If so, you are not alone. In fact, in a survey last year, ...

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." ...

Este artículo está disponible en español. Léelo en español. At Frank Sparkes Elementary, words fly everywhere. On a recent Monday, kindergartners sang and danced as they learned about the silent e ...

Julie Novak, Minnesota's first literacy director and a former teacher, once found a cheat sheet in a student's notebook that underlined her conviction that everyone can learn to read. The teenager ...

With nearly 60% of California children not meeting state reading standards by the third grade, strong parent-teacher partnerships and a statewide shift toward evidence-based reading strategies are ...

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Alabama’s reading scores are improving, but students’ results vary widely between schools and districts. AL.com analyzed the latest 2025 spring reading scores for third- and second-grade students. In ...

LASTING IMPACT. 1 MILLION BOOKS WILL SOON BE IN THE HANDS OF IOWA FIRST GRADERS. IT’S AN EFFORT FROM THE GOVERNOR AND DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO SUPPORT CLASSROOM LEARNING WITH READING AT HOME. KCCI ...

More of Michigan's youngest students are struggling with reading, according to statewide test results released Wednesday that show 61.1% of third graders and 57.6% of fourth graders did not pass the ...

Reading scores are improving in Alabama, but thousands of third graders could still be held back this year if they can’t catch up over the summer. When adjusted to current benchmarks, about 88% of ...

The now-familiar tale of the middle grade market has many alarming plot strands, including declining sales, encroaching censorship, unstable school and library funding, and dips in children’s reading ...