Kindergarten and first-grade teacher Katia Rodriguez-Mester, left, shows an mCLASS exam to Cleveland Elementary School Principal Gabriel Sandoval and Denise Alvarado, executive director of elementary ...

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed.

Only 31% of fourth-grade students in the U.S. are at or above the proficiency level for the nation’s reading assessment, the National Assessment of Educational Progress said.

Government set to introduce compulsory reading test at 13 - Secondary school pupils would take the test at the end of Year 8, according to measures in the Government’s Schools White Paper.

All 13-year-olds in England will sit a compulsory reading test under new government plans to stop teenagers falling behind in their literacy. Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson is set to introduce ...

Forget the dreaded Friday spelling test, and don't count on spell check to do the job. For too long, spelling has been treated as rote memorization or dismissed as unnecessary in an age of autocorrect ...

The number of public school students scoring proficient or better in English Language Arts exams went up by 7.2% this year, according to new data from the exams given to students in grades three ...