Four states—Alabama, Louisiana, Massachusetts, and Mississippi—have shown that adopting more rigorous literacy standards and scientific approaches to reading instruction can help reverse the decline ...

More than 560 third graders who attend the Little Rock School District are at risk of being held back for not reading at grade level, according to preliminary testing data provided by the Arkansas ...

The Maryland State Board of Education passed updates Tuesday to literacy and math standards for the first time in 15 years and held its annual election of officers during the first monthly meeting of ...

Illinois education officials want to lower the benchmarks for students to be considered proficient in math and reading on state tests, arguing their hardest-in-the-nation standards have led high ...