In reading, 37% of seniors scored at or above proficient in 2019. That's about the same as in 2015, but down from 1992, when 40% of U.S. seniors scored at least proficient on the exam.

According to new data, 33% of eighth graders in the United States have “below basic” reading levels.That’s even below the sub-proficient level, “basic,” at which 37% of eighth graders score ...

Specifically, 35% of fourth graders were proficient in reading in 2019, slightly down from 37% in 2017 and barely up from 33% of such students considered proficient a decade ago, in 2009.

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 ...

Educators say that they're mixing new approaches with the curricula and teaching strategies they've previously used, a new ...

About 23% of third graders scored "well below" target reading levels on a recent end-of-year assessment, the state said, indicating they face a high risk of reading difficulties.

Leveled books have been a staple in early elementary reading instruction for more than two decades, with 61 percent of K-2 and special education teachers having said that they use them for small ...

In every grade, third through eighth, in both reading and math, the largest group of students, ranging from 33% to 51%, performed at Level 1, the lowest tier and one that indicates the student ...

According to new data, 33% of eighth graders in the United States have “below basic” reading levels.That’s even below the sub-proficient level, “basic,” at which 37% of eighth graders score ...