A new book argues for the importance of national assessments in the U.S. but overlooks the negative impact of "reading" tests. Few Americans know much about the standardized tests collectively known ...

Almost all young people in France take a national reading test around the age of 17 as part of a national event. The test ...

The reading scores of U.S. 15-year-olds on an international exam dropped significantly over the past three years—an amount exactly mirroring the decline among industrialized nations, according to ...

Elementary school children with personal cell phones score significantly lower on standardized reading comprehension tests ...

In reading tests at school, girls tend to be ahead of boys, in all age groups and in all countries. But in young adults, there is suddenly no longer any difference between men’s and women’s reading ...

Over two years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its effects continue to extend far beyond public health. A recent report released by the National Assessment of Educational ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Natalie Wexler is an education writer focusing on literacy. Apr 26, 2023, 01:21pm EDT May 01, 2023, 11:21am EDT This article is ...

The first thing Havah Kelley noticed was her son’s trouble with the alphabet. The San Francisco mom reviewed letters with him for hours at a time, reciting their names and tracing their shapes. But ...

Teaching "reading comprehension" is pointless if kids don't have the education they need to comprehend what they're reading. Teaching “reading comprehension” is pointless if kids don’t have the ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. When is a reading test not a true reading test? Most of the time. For years, cognitive ...