The latest Nation's Report Card results paint a stark picture of literacy in Texas ... second grade, we don’t track their literacy skills. If by third grade the student “does not meet" state ...

So when her parents, Jessica and Alberto Hernandez, found out last summer that she had scored below grade level on the reading section of Texas’ annual ... they saw a second reading score ...

announced that the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has renewed Amira as an approved reading instrument for first and second-grade students for the 2025-2026 school year. This decision ensures that ...