Heather Miller, a first grade teacher in Austin, Texas, works with a small group of students in her classroom on reading skills. Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report is a ...

Reading scores on the MAP test fell almost twice as much for Black and Hispanic ... young children didn’t receive enough phonics instruction in kindergarten and first grade to become smooth, fluent ...

The 2021-22 school year is the first time JCPS students ... fewer than a quarter of pupils tested at grade level in reading. JCPS students fared worse in math. MAP scores show fewer than half ...

Scores increased in math and science at most grade ... elementary reading when compared to beginning-of-year scores in 2023. Taken from August to early October, the tests are the first direct ...

First Tee Colorado Rocky Mountains' Read N' Swing program pairs students reading below grade level with mentors for 60-minute sessions that combine literacy instruction and golf activities.