The data shows that Black students face significant disparities in K-12 public education due to systemic racial issues and ...

Act 602 requires ballot titles be at no higher than an eighth grade reading level. That’s determined by running text through the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Readability Test, designed by the Navy ...

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin rejected a proposed amendment by the League of Women Voters, citing Act 602, which bans ballot titles above an 8th-grade level. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

Of the 22 states with readability requirements for ballot measures, only Rhode Island and New York reference a specific reading level, and New York doesn't even have an initiative process.

National data shows the average Maryland eighth grader is below proficiency in math and reading, scoring a 258 out of 500 in reading last year and a 268 in math.That’s according to the National ...

House Bill 1713, by state Rep. Ryan Rose, R-Van Buren, would require the attorney general to use the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Formula to determine whether a ballot title, or short summary of a ...

The Arkansas House of Representatives passed legislation to require ballot language for citizen-initiated measures to not be written above an eighth grade reading level. House Bill 1713, by state ...

Rep. Ryan Rose (left), R-Van Buren, and Rep. Cameron Cooper, R-Romance, listen to testimony from fellow legislators on House Bill 1713 during the House session Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at the state ...

The Attorney General shall not certify a proposed ballot title with a reading level above eighth grade as determined by the Flesch-Kincaid Readability Test as it existed on January 1, 2025.

Math proficiency scores dropped again among the state's 8th-grade students, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), aka the Nation's Report Card, released late last month.

But a Hechinger Report analysis of federal data shows Minnesota’s law hasn’t worked out as planned. Between 2009 and 2017, the share of the state’s students taking calculus did rise modestly ...

Children and teens who are struggling to read may find the help they need at a new lending library.