After switching its elementary reading curriculum to one aligned with the science of reading, Denver Public Schools is celebrating an increase in the percentage of kindergarten through third grade ...
Many students above third or fourth grade struggle with reading. Evidence suggests a large contributing factor has been overlooked—and there may be a fairly simple way to address it. A lot of ...
Project 75 is a reading initiative with an ambitious goal: to boost the percentage of third-graders in Jackson who pass the state assessment on the first attempt from 55% to 75%. Cormack presented his ...
National Assessment of Educational Progress scores are not representative of grade-level performance, per the Department of Education's website. According to 2022 data, most state reading standards ...
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Reading Wars

One criticism of the science of reading is that phonics can be boring. Gee Macrory, a British scholar, says that decodable ...
Many San Diego Unified kindergartners are already arriving at school behind grade level in reading, and reading scores take a hit when students reach middle school, district testing data show. This ...
Virginia has made reading by third grade a priority. Now it is time to make it a top priority. Our state has one of the most ...
Katelyn Bryant works for the Mary J. Wright Child and Youth Development Clinic at Western University. The research study on which she is co-author was partially funded by a Natural Sciences and ...
Fort Worth ISD leaders presented an encouraging trend to the school board and City Council: Students in kindergarten through eighth grade showed academic growth on a midyear test. Some experts and ...