Why Boys Are Behind in Reading at Every Age

Boys’ reading struggles are not inevitable, research suggests, and addressing the deficit could improve outcomes in school ...
Wall Street Journal

American Kids Are Getting Even Worse at Reading

The reading skills of American students are deteriorating further, according to new national test scores that show no improvement in a yearslong slide. The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic ...
Oregonian

Oregon math, reading achievement among the nation’s worst, new scores show

In the latest confirmation that extended pandemic-era school closures took a huge toll on a generation of young Oregonians, new federal test results show the state’s middle and elementary students ...
Austin American-Statesman

'The news is not good': Austin, US students see declines in reading scores, NAEP data show

Fourth and eighth grade Austin students had dips in reading scores from 2022 to 2024, mirroring trends in classrooms across the nation, according to results from the National Assessment of Educational ...
The New York Times

N.Y.C. Schools Change How Reading Is Taught, and Test Scores Rise

Mayor Adams cast the upswing as evidence of efforts to improve instruction, while rivals in the mayoral race argued that teachers need better training. By Troy Closson Reading test scores climbed ...
Post and Courier

Test scores are up: South Carolina’s public school students improve in reading

COWARD — After a year of teacher training on literacy, updated curriculum standards and new textbooks, reading appears to have improved among elementary and middle school students in South Carolina.