One of the leading issues in the modern era is the gradual decline of reading comprehension among us, students—that is, the gradual decrease in a student's ability to understand, interpret, and ...

As a high school science teacher, Fawn Phillips, who’s been teaching the subject since 1999, said she had never really thought about the problems her students were having with reading—nor did she have ...

High school seniors’ math and reading comprehension are on the decline, according to a national report. The National Center for Education Statistics, part of the U.S. Department of Education, ...

GEORGIA (WALB) - Reading and math scores have dropped to their lowest level in more than 20 years. This greatly impacts teenagers in the 12th grade, according to an exam released Tuesday, Sept. 9, ...

High school seniors’ reading and math scores fall to lowest levels in two decades. Eighth graders show significant declines in science performance. Achievement and gender gaps widen in math and ...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress released scores for the first time since the pandemic. It found that reading scores for high school seniors have hit a new low. Math scores for ...

Last month, Rose Horowitch wrote the article “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books,” which sparked a lot of debate. Professors told Horowitch that their students felt overwhelmed at the ...

Biology, literature, calculus, U.S. history—all high school courses, regardless of subject, require a strong grasp of one critical skill: reading. By the time students are in high school, especially ...

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For many adults, reading is a fact of life often taken for granted. For them, there’s usually a great distance between learning to read and being a reader, but for young students, reading ...

When Mississippi reformed its reading curriculum in 2013, scores for the state’s elementary school students soared. Inspired by the “Mississippi miracle,” other Southern states followed suit. But the ...