SEATTLE — 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, according to a non-partisan ...

Illinois Republican state Rep. Dan Ugaste is speaking out against a “nationwide literacy crisis” that counts Illinois among ...

Maryland READS is calling for more local and state action to improve reading scores following a decrease in rates for eighth-graders.

Some 4th and 12th grade tests won't proceed as planned, following sweeping cuts to the U.S. Department of Education research ...

Exceptions to the state’s new third grade retention law and tweaks to high school career fair requirements were baked into ...

In Wellesley there's the Beggans family, with senior Jack and junior Abby, while in Hingham there's the Varholaks and ...

With only four in 10 students reading on grade level by third grade, we can no longer accept the status quo. We are failing ...

Researchers identify third and fourth grades as being a critical period in a student’s overall academic development, ...

Bricia Pizarra is shown in 2023 teaching a second-grade summer reading class at Wooten Elementary. Texas' average reading scores for fourth graders rank 37th in the nation, a downgrade from 2022.

The state, once ranked near the bottom of education standings, dramatically improved student literacy rates while using ...

The former governor of Illinois, now a Florida education advocate, decries the Senate’s recent bill lowering school standards ...

Eighth grade test scores in Maryland have been declining for many years — and not just because schools shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Math and reading scores tested annually have ...