On July 1, the unpopular Reading Instruction Competence Assessment will be replaced with a performance assessment to ensure ...

Nearly 6 in 10 third graders scored below grade level on California’s reading tests during most of the last decade.

California’s reading wars may finally be over. After decades of debate over how to teach reading, a new bill aims to use phonics to solve the state’s literacy crisis.

American students are struggling with reading. And the country's education system hasn't found a way to make it better. In fact, fourth and eighth grade reading scores on the National Assessment ...

Molinar also outlined the district’s new model for serving students with dyslexia. Fort Worth ISD has experienced a growing ...

Samantha Hill, assistant head at the school, said the Key Stage One phonics screening check was not accessible for non-verbal students. "We have children in our school who don't speak," she said.

Phonics — explicit literacy teaching focusing on the sounds in words — is being introduced into the Victorian curriculum despite resistance from the Australian Education Union.

Low reading scores in recent years led to a push to reconsider the merits of the phonics-based “science of reading” methodology. Just under 50% of South Dakota students didn’t meet English ...

The literacy performance assessment that replaces the RICA reflects an increased focus on foundational reading skills, including phonics. California, and many other states, are moving from teaching ...