Forbes

If We Want To Boost Reading Scores, We Need To Change Reading Tests

Test scores show American students have made no progress in reading for two decades, and experts are speculating on the cause of the stagnation. Here’s one reason that few have focused on: the nature ...
Education Week

There’s a Design Flaw With Many Reading Tests. Here’s One State’s Fix

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. When is a reading test not a true reading test? Most of the time. For years, cognitive ...
WRAL

What standardized tests will my child take in elementary school in NC?

RALEIGH, N.C.— Starting in third grade, your child will begin taking standardized tests in North Carolina. What do they take and when? It all depends on the grade and school district they are in. What ...
EdSource

California schools prepare to introduce universal reading screening

After a decade-long push from reading advocates, California schools are on the verge of requiring every student in kindergarten through second grade to get a quick screening test to detect challenges ...
The Hechinger Report

America’s reading problem: Scores were dropping even before the pandemic

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Andrea Yon is ...
EdSource

California still lags behind pre-pandemic reading and math scores on national assessment

Like most of the nation, California students were stuck in low gear again in 2024. On the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), they performed significantly below their pre-pandemic ...
Oregonian

Oregon math, reading achievement among the nation’s worst, new scores show

In the latest confirmation that extended pandemic-era school closures took a huge toll on a generation of young Oregonians, new federal test results show the state’s middle and elementary students ...
New York Post

US test scores hit damning new lows in math, reading since COVID school closures, ‘nation’s report card’ shows

The writing’s on the wall — if you can read it. Sobering national test results show more high school seniors are struggling with math and reading than at any point in recent decades, with Education ...
The New York Times

Texas Says Most of Its Students Aren’t Reading at Grade Level. But Are Its Tests Fair?

MESQUITE, Tex. — Reading is 9-year-old Kristen Hernandez’s thing. She pores over mystery books, stories about vampires and even a college-level anatomy textbook that her mother is studying to become ...
PBS

Kids’ reading scores have soared in Mississippi ‘miracle’

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — It’s a cliché that Kymyona Burk heard a little too often: “Thank God for Mississippi.” As the state’s literacy director, she knew politicians in other states would say it when their ...