In schools across the country, about one-third of students are behind grade level in reading. Even in Massachusetts, which consistently ranks at the top of various education metrics, this crisis ...

Missouri students are headed down a dangerous road. Only 30% of the state’s fourth-graders are reading at grade level. The numbers are even more alarming for Black and Hispanic students in the state.

Editor's Note: Corrections were made to this story on Sept. 29. Two elementary schools in the Mechanicsburg Area School District did not make state targets in fifth-grade reading in 2010-11, leaving ...

San Antonio elementary and middle school students outperformed the high schoolers on this year’s STAAR test, with major gains in reading and science — but lagging math and social studies scores signal ...

Houston ISD's standardized test scores are improving and on par with statewide averages after spending years trailing behind, a feat state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles attributed Thursday to ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. Missouri students are headed down a dangerous road. Only 30% of the state’s ...