Developed and scientifically validated at Boston Children’s Hospital in partnership with faculty at the Florida Center for Reading Research, the EarlyBird assessment makes early literacy ...

After months of distance learning, literacy assessments at the beginning of the 2020-21 school year showed faltering reading levels among Los Angeles Unified’s youngest students. But a new program ...

Only 46% of students can read proficiently by the end of grade 3. The Children’s Institute (CI) partnered with REL Northwest to compile accessible, evidence-based resources to support this effort and ...

A student reads in class at Mint Hill Elementary. More Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools students in kindergarten, first and second grade are meeting literacy benchmarks at the start of this school ...

Research shows the development and mastery of early literacy skills are a strong ... first ensuring all teachers are trained and then that assessments and supports are put in place for students.

Meanwhile, early literacy assessments reveal that many children are not meeting expected reading standards by third grade. This literacy crisis presents long-term challenges in education and all ...

The Iowa Department of Education will hand out 100,000 book packs — 1 million books in all — to first grade students this ...

The Alberta government is expanding access to early literacy and numeracy screening to kindergarten students in January.

Constance C. Relihan, Auburn U. "In this study of early modern manuscripts and printed books and their readers, Heidi Brayman Hackel shifts the parameters of reader-response criticism to include the ...

Early childhood development, particularly in the first 1,000 days of life, plays a crucial role in a child's brain development. Early stimulation enhances gross motor skills, fine motor skills, speech ...