Those reading levels likely won’t turn around anytime soon. When the next, even-lower batch of statistics comes out, let’s ...

In reading, 37% of seniors scored at or above proficient in 2019. That's about the same as in 2015, but down from 1992, when 40% of U.S. seniors scored at least proficient on the exam.

Reading scores stagnated. Math scores jumped compared with the early '90s, but haven't gone up in a decade. ... But since 1990, students at both grade levels have improved in math: ...

According to new data, 33% of eighth graders in the United States have “below basic” reading levels.That’s even below the sub-proficient level, “basic,” at which 37% of eighth graders score ...

Leveled books have been a staple in early elementary reading instruction for more than two decades, with 61 percent of K-2 and special education teachers having said that they use them for small ...

I’d learn best by reading books above my reading level. If I tried, I could learn something from any book, no matter what it was. Except if it was a James Patterson.

About 23% of third graders scored "well below" target reading levels on a recent end-of-year assessment, the state said, indicating they face a high risk of reading difficulties.

It doesn’t matter what reading level you are. If you care about that, you’re… well, you can fill in the blank. Alexandra Paskhaver is a software engineer and writer.

It doesn’t matter what reading level you are. If you care about that, you’re … well, you can fill in the blank. Alexandra Paskhaver’s column is distributed by Cagle Cartoons newspaper ...