Alabama’s 2022 law reshaped math instruction at the elementary level by providing money for all schools to hire math coaches ...
Math scores across the board have risen in the years after the pandemic, but a stubborn gap remains between poor schools and the state average.
If you’ve ever spent a Sunday afternoon building worksheets from scratch, formatting questions, writing answer keys, and adjusting everything for three different reading levels, you already know how ...
A new provision in the Arkansas LEARNS Act that took effect at the start of the school year will force students to repeat the third grade if they are unable to read at their grade level.
Thousands of third-graders who fall short of Arkansas’ reading standard could be forced to repeat the grade under a rule ...
About 23% of Louisiana third graders were at risk of being held back last spring due to low reading scores. But after students received exemptions or improved their scores, fewer than 3% were required ...
Under the leadership of Education Secretary Sonny Angara, the Department of Education rolled out the Bawat Bata Makababasa Program (BBMP), which an independent evaluation found to have led to improved ...
TULSA, Okla. — More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, the debate is back at the State Capitol, driven by ...
Detroit — The lanky west Michigan businessman looked a little out of place. Standing before a group of mostly educators, researchers and their industry’s advocates, the retired pharmaceutical company ...
About 39% of third-graders at Pittsburgh Phillips K-5 on the city's South Side scored 'proficient' or above on 2025 state reading tests. Pittsburgh Public Schools is blaming “inconsistent ...
Just over 3,000 third graders were kept from advancing to the fourth grade in 2025 after being unable to pass the Indiana standardized reading test. Data released during the State Board of Education ...
High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...