That’s because so many students arrive at the school struggling with basic reading, some scoring at the first- or second-grade level, said Douglas Fisher, a school administrator.

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More than half of Louisiana children from poor families start kindergarten without basic reading skills — and most fail to catch up by third grade, according to a new study.

It focuses on foundational reading skills—how students learn to associate sounds with the letters in print and use this knowledge to identify new words.

A law prohibiting the New Jersey State Board of Examiners from requiring a basic reading, writing and mathematics test for teachers went into effect on Wednesday.

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Reading is essential and serves as the basic building block for all learning. That’s why it’s important to get books into the hands of children and their parents at early age.

Helping students learn to read is usually the job of early elementary educators. But teachers of older children—who report that nearly half of their students have difficulty reading—say they ...

As students prepare for their end-of-year reading assessments, some experts say this year’s tests might be a bellwether to judge if North Carolina’s investment in the “science of reading ...

The percentage of eighth graders who have “below basic” reading skills according to NAEP was the largest it has been in the exam’s three-decade history — 33 percent.

Many states are finally turning to phonics for teaching reading, but parents and caregivers can support early literacy skills long before kids get to school.