In 2024, 70% of U.S. eighth-graders did not meet the "National Assessment of Educational Progress Proficient" reading achievement level on a test often referred to as the "Nation's Report Card." ...

Act 602 requires ballot titles be at no higher than an eighth grade reading level. That’s determined by running text through the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Readability Test, designed by the Navy ...

A project of the Berks History Center and Vision Resource Center of Berks County, the exhibit features photographs of Reading and vicinity taken in the 1970s and last year by blind and visually imp… ...

Specifically, 35% of fourth graders were proficient in reading in 2019, slightly down from 37% in 2017 and barely up from 33% of such students considered proficient a decade ago, in 2009.

The Omaha school district has set an ambitious goal: have all students read on grade level by 2030. Omaha Public Schools Superintendent Matt Ray said the district is fully committed to meeting the ...

The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in 1992, results from a closely watched federal exam show.

In fourth-grade reading, students who score below the basic level on NAEP cannot sequence events from a story or describe the effects of a character’s actions.

Existing interfaces are already being updated to include AI features that change the reading level of a text. Google Scholar just released AI outlines to help users skim texts. That follows OpenAI ...

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For the past three springs — in 2022, 2023 and 2024 — 23% of DPS K-3 students were reading significantly below grade level, up from 16% in the spring of 2019, according to district data.

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Still, even with this growth, CPS still has low proficiency levels. Only about 31% of elementary students are considered proficient in reading and 19% in math. Last year, 26% of students were ...