The most recent round of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results delivered a familiar gut punch: Just 30 percent of eighth graders in the United States read at or above the ...

Holly Bowen-Bailey's seventh- and eighth-grade reading intervention class at Ordean East Middle School delved into a search for similes and personification in two poems about special childhood places ...

What barriers do students face when asked to read text and show their comprehension of it? This question was posed by an English/language arts teacher and educational consultant to a group of ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. The number of ...

In 2024, 70% of U.S. eighth-graders did not meet the "National Assessment of Educational Progress Proficient" reading achievement level on a test often referred to as the "Nation's Report Card." ...

Utah’s fourth and eighth graders are outpacing most of the country in math and reading, according to new national data released Wednesday. However, Utah’s scores have remained relatively unchanged ...