More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below grade level on recent spring reading tests, new state data shows. That’s ...

Some 33% of eighth graders in the U.S. have ‘below basic’ reading levels. Some researchers say it’s time to reconsider the role of phones in their lives.

Reading scores showed smaller improvements prior to 2012. Scores improved about 5 percent among 9-year-olds from 1975 to 2012, 3 percent among 13-year-olds and less than half a point among 17-year ...

In Portland, intensive reading tutoring delivers eye-opening results, propels some children to grade-level in months Story by Julia Silverman, oregonlive.com • 2w ...

The average student in 2024 remained nearly half a grade level behind pre-pandemic achievement in math and reading, according to a study released Tuesday. The 2025 Education Recovery Scorecard, bas… ...

The reading skills of children continue to slide, with just 67% of students in eighth grade scoring at or above a basic level in 2024. Among fourth-graders, the number of students hitting that ...

About 23% of third graders scored "well below" target reading levels on a recent end-of-year assessment, the state said, indicating they face a high risk of reading difficulties.

New York’s average fourth-grade reading score increased seven points to 234 in 2024, when compared with 2022. But that was still three points lower than the last tests given before the pandemic ...