A new provision in the Arkansas LEARNS Act that took effect at the start of the school year will force students to repeat the ...

Several students at the Alexandria school posted low reading scores last spring, putting them at risk of having to repeat ...

It sounds simple: pass a 5th grade spelling bee. But once the timer starts and the words get tougher, confidence fades fast. This challenge tests real spelling bee words designed for elementary ...

About 23% of third graders, or nearly 12,000 students, scored below the required reading level last spring. But fewer than 3% were ultimately held back, according to newly provided state data.

A plan to improve literacy scores in Oklahoma schools backed by one of the Legislature's most powerful lawmakers would come ...

JOHNSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WJHL) — Some parents and school board members in Johnson County are working with Representative ...

STAAR tests are far from the only standardized exams students take each year. Some districts also give students optional ...

Rather, hope emerges in the most unlikely of places: three states here in the Deep South that long represented America’s ...

Discover how the Western Cape’s #BackOnTrack programme is transforming early education, with record improvements in Grade 3 ...

SB241 would allow schools to hold back third graders who can't read at grade level. But it would also introduce more reading tests for younger students — and new supports. Here's everything that would ...

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is trying to increase scores on the DIBELS exam, a test that measures early literacy skills for students in kindergarten through third grade. One school is trying out a ...

What I see is schools fighting for their students. These states have created a structure that closely monitors each school’s ...