Florida District’s Goal: Reading Proficiency for 90% of 3rd Graders

Last year, Indian River County tied for the highest scores in third grade reading across all Florida districts. It came in ...
Smithsonian Magazine

100 Years Ago, Students Across the U.S. Took the First SAT. Today, Relatively Few Colleges Require the Test. Where Is It Headed?

The standardized exam has evolved over the past century, all in the name of testing for college readiness. Now, it has become ...
Willamette Week

Most of Oregon’s State Teacher Prep Programs Still Get an F in Reading Instruction

LA GRANDE: A student teacher from The Reading Clinic at Eastern Oregon University tutors a kindergarten pupil at Greenwood Elementary School in La Grande. (Michael K. Dakota, Eastern Oregon University ...
PBS

Teens' reading and math scores have stagnated, U.S. test results show

WASHINGTON (AP) — Younger students have regained ground academically after the pandemic's disruptions while older students' test scores continue to stagnate, according to the latest testing data ...
NPR

After years of declines, young students show gains in reading and math

New federal test scores show younger students are making gains in reading and math — after years of declines. "I think this is an optimistic release," Matthew Soldner, acting commissioner of the ...
U.S. News & World Report

‘Learning Recession’: New Report Shows Below-Average Test Scores in Majority of U.S. States

A ‘Learning Recession’ in U.S. Schools? An overwhelming majority of U.S. states are seeing below-average test scores in reading and math, far beyond the COVID-19 pandemic’s disruptions, according to a ...
CBS News

U.S. students' "reading recession" continuing but some places bucking the trend, report shows

Modesto, Calif. — Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a "pre-celebration" ...
NPR

Kids' test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains

The pandemic-era backslide in math and reading scores for students across the U.S. was not a sudden catastrophe but the continuation of a brutal, decade-long "learning recession" that began years ...
CNN

Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their ...
Oklahoma's News

Are second graders equipped to take third grade reading tests next year?

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Part of the ‘Strong Readers Act’ includes the implementation of second graders taking third-grade reading tests, beginning next school year. When signing the bill into law, ...
Chicago Tribune

Former Urban Prep CEO accused of stealing more than $100,000 from charter network

Federal prosecutors on Wednesday accused Tim King, the embattled founder and former CEO of Urban Prep Academies, of stealing more than $100,000 from the charter network. In 2021 and 2022, King ...