They blamed cell phones, standardized tests, and extracurriculars, and they mostly agreed that the shift began in high school ...

It isn’t the responsibility of high school teachers. Forcing high school teachers to teach reading basics, takes time away from students mastering the material they need to learn to be competent. That ...

Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the ...

Biology, literature, calculus, U.S. history—all high school courses, regardless of subject, require a strong literacy skills. Why Reading Support Classes Help High Schoolers Succeed ...

His reading comprehension is impressive. “All the books I read over summer last year, I got 100% on all the quizzes,” Philip said, when school started last August. Reading isn’t Philip’s ...

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below grade level on recent spring reading tests, new state data shows. That’s ...

Little time spent on reading. Teachers spend limited time reading texts with children. “The obvious problem is that it’s hard to support reading comprehension if students are not reading,” said Capin.

Middle and high school students struggle in reading. Can Fort Worth ISD help them catch up? ... But for older students, the problem is usually — but not always — reading comprehension.

Considering exam questions for various subjects, teachers have predicted that scores for the 2025 high school final exam will ...

Aleysha Ortiz is 19 years old and in her freshman year at the University of Connecticut. She graduated last year from a public high school in Hartford – even though she can’t read or write.

The average reading score for high school seniors dropped between 2015 and 2019, while math scores for those soon-to-be-graduates remained flat, according to the latest round of national test ...

So I picked out Portnoy’s Complaint, and it was just an absolute revelation because when you’re in high school, you’re reading dutifully. Like, you’re trying to be a good literary citizen.