Kids' reading level is at all time low. Parents can play a key role in helping them develop this crucial life skill—here's ...

Specifically, 35% of fourth graders were proficient in reading in 2019, slightly down from 37% in 2017 and barely up from 33% of such students considered proficient a decade ago, in 2009.

As students continue to fall behind in reading proficiency in the American education system, some teachers are pleading with parents to help fix the problem.. Why It Matters. After the COVID-19 ...

The reading skills of children continue to slide, with just 67% of students in eighth grade scoring at or above a basic level ...

The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in 1992, results from a closely watched federal exam show.

North Texas' two largest school districts reported gains in reading and math STAAR scores across most grade levels, but lag ...

Education experts are concerned that young Arizona children are falling behind when it comes to reading skills.

Texas and Austin students' scores improved in reading and had some gains in math, according to newly released STAAR scores.

Half of Minnesota students can't read at grade level, according to statewide test scores. Two years ago, the Legislature took that as a lesson and overhauled the standards of how kids are taught ...