Keep your soon-to-be or leaving 1st (first) graders, ages 6 and 7, practicing their growing reading skills with the best 1st grade books for summer reading.

Winnie Iturralde felt so stifled by her leveled books in first grade that she smuggled in more advanced books, tucking them away inside her official book. Hiding her books was easier than getting the ...

Third grade students at Fanny Coppin Elementary gathered Wednesday to read the first of 20 books they’ll read in the next 20 weeks. The School District of Philadelphia will give a prize to every third ...

But another troubling trend remains: The percentage of K-3 students reading significantly below grade level jumped up and has stayed up.

He happily starts on the book, an "easy reader" aimed at a first grade reading level. He struggles with words: nice, true, voice, sure, might, outside, and because.

Just 50% of students across Washington state are reading at grade level, according to the state’s latest standardized test results. Literacy rates declined during the pandemic and have yet to ...

In Washington, 56% of tested prisoners scored below the eighth-grade reading level. But unlike Oregon, Washington only tests incarcerated adults after it’s confirmed they don't have a high ...

Students appear less prepared at school entry, with greater proportions of students entering below grade level. Some grades demonstrate modest recovery. Grade K students show latent, albeit small ...

This is the first school year that Alabama’s third-graders’ spring reading test results will put a child on either a path to fourth grade or a path that will include intensive reading help ...

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin rejected a proposed amendment by the League of Women Voters, citing Act 602, which bans ballot titles above an 8th-grade level.

High school seniors are approaching graduation with less of a grasp on reading and still-low math scores — and that's before factoring in COVID.