Lepore offers a sweeping, poignant narrative of American history, centered on the founding ideals of the United States. She ...

Reading scores are improving in Alabama, but thousands of third graders could still be held back this year if they can’t catch up over the summer.

Answer practice questions from the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR, to see how you shape up against elementary-level reading comprehension.

A sample of about 600,000 public and private school students in fourth and eighth grade took the reading and math exams in 2019. Their results were released Wednesday.

Fourth graders in Atlanta Public Schools made significant progress in national math and reading tests. Now the district will expand its reading program to middle schools.

Given every two years to a sample of America’s children, the National Assessment of Educational Progress is considered one of the best gauges of the academic progress of the U.S. school system. The ...

At the basic level, fourth grade students are able to demonstrate skills like using context to glean the meaning of words and identify a problem described in a passage. Eighth graders should also be ...

Alaska’s 4th and 8th graders scored below the national average and showed no improvement in 2024, amid a national decline in reading proficiency.

Arkansas fourth- and eighth-graders showed little change in their 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores compared to 2022, according to federal data.

The share of Minnesota eighth graders failing to meet basic reading achievement standards edged up to the highest level on record in 2024, according to national benchmark test results released this ...