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Literacy
News about literacy in U.S. schools.
There are also new rules about student fitness tests and literacy training for teachers.
Officials say schools that participated in the Indiana Literacy Cadre posted greater gains in IREAD proficiency rates than those that did not.
Hundreds of tutors were ready to work with students this summer, but not that many signed up. Organizers are figuring out why.
A new report from the National Council on Teacher Quality finds a glass half full and half empty.
State leaders say they’re embracing the science of reading, but a new report suggests New York’s teacher prep programs have been slow to change.
I-Ready is one of the country’s most widely used education technology tools. But critics say schools lack independent evidence that it benefits kids.
The city’s schools are making progress faster than peer districts, but that progress could be fragile.
U.S. reading scores started to erode before the pandemic. Then came ‘a mudslide.’ But some school districts are bucking that trend.
The Denver school board is considering a policy that would require the district to use a science of reading-backed approach to teaching literacy.
On average, high school and middle school teachers assign about 4 books a year, while some assign none. New data highlights how reading expectations vary widely across schools.








