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.

The Mississippi Department of Education announces that 25,399 or 77.3 percent, – the highest-percentage ever – of third graders passed the initial administration of the third-grade reading assessment ...

NATCHEZ – A record high number of Mississippi third-graders passed the state reading assessment on the first attempt this spring, prompting praise from statewide education leaders.

A record high 77.3% of Mississippi third graders passed the state reading assessment on their first attempt in 2025, the Mississippi Department of Education reported.

As a bonus, you can download our free printable Kids' Summer Reading Challenge to help keep reading fun. With prompts like read in the dark with a flashlight, read a book published the year you were ...

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However, PAT-provider the New Zealand Council for Educational Research said 78 percent of primary schools used PAT and/or e-asTTle maths tests last year and 71 percent used the tests to assess reading ...

Guidelines for formative assessment in Class VIII students, including open-book exams and new grading system, for 2025-26 academic year. Summative assessment will test students’ analytical ...

E-reading has rapidly emerged as the predominant mode of reading, subduing traditional print reading (p-reading) in less than two decades, facilitated by desktops, laptops, tablets and e-readers.

Contextualizing Assessments Is Key. An even more enduring and essential reform is to ensure tests actually measure what students are learning. Better interim reading assessments, then, would not only ...

The share of Minnesota eighth graders failing to meet basic reading achievement standards edged up to the highest level on record in 2024, according to national benchmark test results released this ...

Oregon’s fourth and eighth graders are struggling in key subjects more than students in most other states, a national assessment found. The National Assessment for Educational Progress, often referred ...