It can take years for students to acquire enough academic knowledge to make a difference in reading test scores. A new study suggests that standardized reading tests often fail to reflect what ...

The 2025 Back to School Reading by 9 guide was created with support of the Ballmer Group. For parents and educators of children ages 0-5, this year’s guidebook features articles, activities, reading ...

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“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...

young girl studying and listening to music on the laptop sitting on the floor of the living room at home Juliana Belo Gutierrez/iStockphoto / Getty Images/iStockphoto Preteens using increasing amounts ...