READ Vermont aims to target proficient literacy before 3rd grade
A recent report from Harvard and Stanford Universities shows Vermont saw one of the biggest drops in test scores between 2019 and 2024. The initiative aims to tackle early childhood literacy struggles ...
Speech therapist highlights reading gap's impact on vulnerable students
Reading ability among young people is declining, and it is the most vulnerable students who are hardest hit, according to ...
Literacy coaches bring game plan to improving student reading skills
The ability to read makes the learning of all other school subjects possible. If a student struggles with their reading ...
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Little Rock School Board discusses standardized test scores, success of Ignite Reading program
The Little Rock School Board is starting to see the results from the state's new ATLAS standardized tests. While many ...
Nearly half of Green Bay Schools' K-3 students are 'at risk' of not meeting reading goals, district says
New required reading "screeners" help districts understand where students struggle. In GBAPS, nearly half score low enough to put them "at risk." ...
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Teacher Says Lack Of Adequate Play Is Part Of Why Today's Students Struggle With Basic Skills
Teachers across America have been sounding alarm bells about student illiteracy for some time now. High school history teacher and content creator "Miss Redacted" is among them, and in a recent video, ...
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The National Teacher of the Year Finalists Spotlight Literacy’s Power
The finalists for the 2025 National Teacher of the Year award include three English/language arts teachers and a school librarian-cum-history teacher who infuses a literacy focus across the curriculum ...
Is Relevance The Key To Improving Student Achievement?
If disconnection is a contributing factor to troubling academic trends, then showing relevance and leaning into ...
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Govt Boosts Māori Student Success with High-Quality Literacy and Numeracy Resources
This ensures teachers have the knowledge and confidence to deliver structured literacy and numeracy ... ensuring that Māori students receive the structured and high-quality education they deserve, ...
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A national test shows students slipping post-pandemic. How do local schools compare?
School districts have no idea how ... and 32% are proficient in reading. That's down from the 2015 when 45% were proficient in math and 38% in reading. Students in grade eight across the Buckeye ...
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The Emergency Preparedness Items That Every College Student Should Have
Scroll ahead and you’ll find location-tracking devices, drink protectors and other items that can give you or any student some peace ... tool can be vital to have. It has a razor-sharp stainless ...
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US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
Growing numbers of students lack basic reading skills The average math score for eighth grade students was unchanged ... changes in childhood outside the classroom may have impacted scores as well.