Your Child's School Says They're ‘Proficient’ in Reading. The Reading Guru’s Free Test Offers a Reality Check.

The Reading Guru, a leading provider of online Orton-Gillingham reading tutoring, today announced the launch of its free ...
Hawk Central

Despite Common Core and more testing, reading and math scores haven't budged in a decade

American students are struggling with reading. And the country's education system hasn't found a way to make it better. In fact, fourth and eighth grade reading scores on the National Assessment of ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

How we should better comprehend ‘grade-level’ reading

Every day we read about people asking, “At what grade level does my child read?” “Is it true that 54% of adults in the U.S. read below a sixth-grade level?” “Have reading scores dropped an entire ...
CNN

Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their ...