Renaissance Learning’s annual look at what students are reading yields two sobering findings about adolescents’ choices when they’re choosing supplemental, or “outside,” reading: High school students ...

Former North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory is sounding the alarm about how remote learning may affect students long-term. McCrory, who’s running for U.S. Senate, talked about third-grade reading scores on ...

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important. This is the first school year ...

The first part of McCrory’s claim has factual basis but needs context. Officials say 75% of third-graders weren’t reading at grade-level when they took the beginning-of-grade test. The second part of ...

The Common Core State Standards establish specific benchmarks for spellers at each grade level beginning at Grade 3. In the earlier grades—Kindergarten, Grade 1, and Grade 2—students are expected to ...