“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. When is a reading test not a true reading test? Most of the time. For years, cognitive ...

It can take years for students to acquire enough academic knowledge to make a difference in reading test scores. A new study suggests that standardized reading tests often fail to reflect what ...

It is among the most common of nightmares. You dream of taking a test for which you are completely unprepared — you’ve never studied the material or even attended the course. For millions of American ...

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EdSource · Los Angeles parents fight for and win intensive tutoring for kids hurt by Covid A panel of reading experts has designated the tests that school districts can use to identify reading ...

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When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired ...

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Get the Ed Chat newsletter: Enter your email for weekly updates about Alabama schools from Trisha Powell Crain: Reading scores for Alabama’s second and third graders have dipped slightly, according to ...