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.

Tuesday's State of the Union had one of the lowest reading comprehension levels in decades. Did the president dumb things down too much?

Arkansas AG rejects proposed amendment for being 'above 8th-grade reading level' On the same day LWV submitted their third proposal, they filed a lawsuit to block several new laws they say would ...

A middle-school teacher shared that his eighth-grade class purposefully dropped their reading level to second grade in order to get easier lessons. Unfortunately, while there are "no real ...

Of the 22 states with readability requirements for ballot measures, only Rhode Island and New York reference a specific reading level, and New York doesn't even have an initiative process.

A nationwide report found eighth grade Illinois students are ahead of the curve when it comes to reading and math. Here's what to know.

McMahon appeared to be referencing National Assessment of Educational Progress proficiency scores, which do not indicate grade-level performance.

An alarm sounded last week when results from NAEP showed faltering 4th and 8th grade reading levels for America’s young people. This week, 12 organizations have issued an urgent call to action ...

Politico is pushing a study that shows that President Obama’s three SOTU speeches were written at an 8th-9th grade reading level, based on the Flesch-Kincaid standard.

State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math are dropping.

However, more than one-third of eighth graders are still not reading on grade level.

Yesterday the League of Women Voters resubmitted its ballot title, its language corrected to an eighth grade reading level as determined by Flesch-Kincaid.