The percentage of eighth graders who have “below basic” reading skills according to NAEP was the largest it has been in the ...

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Not only is the program proven to improve students’ reading skills, but it also builds critical social and ... Experience Corps is a unique volunteer opportunity for older adults. Not only will you ...

Reading skills for eighth-graders hit their lowest ... They are also more likely to commit crimes and be jailed as adults. In both cases, the reading scores were lower than in the first year ...

The newspaper also quotes data from an educational researcher at the American Enterprise Institute, Nat Malkus, whose research shows an echoing decline in tests of adults’ reading skills over ...

February is I Love to Read Month, and as promoters of the written word, we applaud the people and organizations throughout the community who encourage children and adults to read.  Research shows that ...

The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in 1992, results from a closely watched federal exam show.

Literacy is foundational—not only for academic success but as a fundamental skill for navigating life. Yet literacy rates in ...

Eighth graders should also be able to formulate an opinion based on the text and use details to answer specific questions. Among fourth graders nationally, 40 percent failed to reach the NAEP basic ...

The Survey of Adult Skills was carried out across 31 mainly high-income economies in 2003. It’s a survey that’s done by having actual interviewers meet people in their homes. For the US, the sample ...