There's been sharp improvement in primary school children's maths and vocabulary skills but their understanding of what they read is in a serious dip.

A new book argues for the importance of national assessments in the U.S. but overlooks the negative impact of "reading" tests. Few Americans know much about the standardized tests collectively known ...

In reading tests at school, girls tend to be ahead of boys, in all age groups and in all countries. But in young adults, there is suddenly no longer any difference between men’s and women’s reading ...

The first thing Havah Kelley noticed was her son’s trouble with the alphabet. The San Francisco mom reviewed letters with him for hours at a time, reciting their names and tracing their shapes. But ...

Over two years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its effects continue to extend far beyond public health. A recent report released by the National Assessment of Educational ...

Teaching "reading comprehension" is pointless if kids don't have the education they need to comprehend what they're reading. Teaching “reading comprehension” is pointless if kids don’t have the ...