Legislation would create a framework for more rigorous assessment, teacher training and tailored strategies to help Wyoming’s struggling readers. “Please do not fail these children,” one grandfather ...
The latest results of Mississippi’s third-grade reading test show no dramatic declines in student performance. But they show ...
New federal testing data shows that reading scores of teens in the U.S. are lower than they have been in decades.
This month, I went to school for parent-teacher conferences. My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one we ...
For Oklahoma’s economy to succeed, it must make huge investments in education, and especially in literacy efforts, leaders of ...
85% of third graders passed the third-grade reading assessment after the final retest. It was one point higher than the ...
There is an important distinction that gets glossed over: knowledge (knowing definitions and concepts) vs. empowerment (being ...
State Chamber officials on Monday unveiled their latest education-focused campaign, called “Oklahoma Competes,” during a State of Business Forum. Along with supporting retention of struggling students ...
Of the 3,185 new HIV cases recorded last year, 4.2% or 135 cases were detected among adolescents aged between 10 and 19, says ...
A similar proportion of eighth-graders failed to come up with the following sum: 12 + (-4) + 12 + 4 = _______. By the 12th ...
Leaders of Oklahoma’s business community say the state must improve its poor literacy outcomes with major reforms, including ...
My second-grader’s self-evaluation form listed several categories: “I follow directions,” “I understand math,” “I like to read,” and one we hadn’t been asked about before: spelling.