The Mississippi Department of Education this week released sample questions from a third-grade reading test that will determine the fate of some 38,000 students statewide. The Third-Grade Reading ...

All of us obviously want to help our students become better writers. But are there ways we can “double-dip,” too—in other words, help them improve their writing AND also use writing instruction to ...

Officials in charge of school tests say the use of emojis in sample Year 9 questions seem to be more of a distraction to older people than the students. Emojis could be here to stay on school tests.

Nearly a half century ago, a landmark study showed that teachers weren’t explicitly teaching reading comprehension. Once children learned how to read words, no one taught them how to make sense of the ...

Slow reading is a self-care practice that encourages you to read at a leisurely pace, allowing you to absorb and reflect on ...