The Carnegie Center in downtown Lexington needs volunteers to help hundreds of local children through tutoring.

Like reading the dictionary, and my love of words—I just connected with her.” Jay-Z scored a 12th-grade reading level after taking a reading test in the 6th grade ...

A new report is highlighting just how difficult it’s been for students to bounce back after the coronavirus pandemic.

I didn’t get a chance last week to comment on NAEP 12th grade reading and math scores, which are up since 2005 but still down since 1992. A couple of points worth noting, though: The increase in ...

Scores on national reading and math tests for 12 th -graders look bad—and they’re even worse than they appear. Rather than wringing their hands, officials need to raise the alarm about ...

Data from the approximately 7,000 students sampled to take the math or reading tests in 2013 show that Iowans averaged scores of 156 (out of 300) in math and 291 (out of 500) in reading, both of ...

At this point (second and third grade), I was reading at a 11th and 12th grade reading level according to the Accelerated Reader program that my school utilized.

(You’ll see that the data on reading go back to 2002, but since they date back only to 2009 for science and math, we’re focusing on 2009 to facilitate comparisons.) The bleak picture of ...

New test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress on 12th-grade reading and math show little progress, despite improvements in the kinds and levels of courses students are taking.