Test a group of eighth graders who speak English at home. Is their Reading Comprehension better than non-English speakers?

PISA 2018 gave those five countries and territories the option to use native tongues in Reading Comprehension tests. Their eighth graders were made to read one paragraph, then write a one-sentence ...

A middle-school teacher in Riverside County, Calif., had students generate keywords from a section of a book, use them to ...

Before the pandemic, eighth graders’ reading comprehension declined substantially.Since then, scholars have been trying to figure out why their scores dropped so much between 2017 and 2019 on a highly ...

Eighth graders at the bottom 10 percent of reading achievement lost six points on the exam compared with similar students two years ago, while students at the middle lost three points. Students in ...

ARLINGTON, Va. — Eighth-grade students in the overseas Department of Defense Dependents Schools outperformed all their U.S.-based peers for a first-place finish in reading comprehension in ...

Overall, the average reading score for 8th graders in big-city systems went from 250 to 252 over the past two years on a 500-point scale. Since 2002, the score has increased from 250 to 252, which ...

Linda McMahon's claim that 70% of 8th-graders 'can't read proficiently' lacks a bit of reading comprehension McMahon appeared to be referencing National Assessment of Educational Progress ...

A state-by-state look at the percentage of eighth-graders who scored at or above reading and math proficiency levels on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which is administered by ...