‘Reading opens doors’: Jacksonville celebrates first-ever River City Readers winners
One year after Mayor Donna Deegan launched the River City Readers literacy initiative, the first-ever winners have been ...
Map Reveals States with the Worst Reading and Math Scores
Grade 4 and grade 8 pupils in multiple U.S. states have reading and math skill below the national average, according to ...
US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of ...
American Children’s Reading Skills Reach New Lows
The percentage of eighth graders who have “below basic” reading skills according to NAEP was the largest it has been in the ...
Children's reading levels drop nationwide
New research shows that children are increasingly reading below their appropriate level nationwide, in a decline that started ...
High school basketball notebook: Newcomers key shut-down defense for North Reading girls
With a stout defense and double-figure scoring from underclassmen Sophia Gallivan and Ariana Demetri, North Reading (13-1) heads into the final month of the regular season as a strong contender in ...
Do You See Movies in Your Mind When Reading? You're Not Alone
Lia Shields can't picture anything when she gets lost in a book—but as it turns out, she has a very different experience to her fellow book lovers.
American Kids Are Getting Even Worse at Reading
New national test scores indicate a continuing slide in reading skills.
American students’ reading skills are at their lowest level since testing began over 30 years ago
Reading skills for eighth-graders hit their lowest level since testing began in 1992. Levels for fourth-graders were also ...
Arizona's reading scores fall in nationwide assessment
Students’ reading scores fell in Arizona, in line with a national trend, while the state’s math scores held steady, according ...