The findings reveal only 30% of pupils in grades 1 to 3 are reading at grade level in their home languages. In some languages up to 25% of grade 3 pupils cannot read a single word.

Only three out of 10 pupils in Grades 1 to 3 can read at their grade level in their home languages. In some languages, up to ...

The 2030 Reading Panel has released their fifth report, which analyses data from the Department of Basic Education’s Funda Uphumelele National Survey.

More than 1 in 3 children in kindergarten through grade 3 have little chance of reading on grade level by the end of the school year without major and systemic interventions. That’s according to a new ...

Alabama’s public elementary and middle school students are taking annual standardized tests this month, and for third graders, the reading portion is extremely important. This is the first school year ...

With the Florida governor’s Democratic primary set for Aug. 28, Jeff Greene has made education a vital piece of his platform. In a July 29 interview, Greene said, "There is a big correlation between ...

KwaZulu-Natal, however, has a better literacy story to tell: it starts with a low Grade 1 score but more than doubles it by Grade 3. The post SA’s reading crisis: Why this province’s pupils fall off ...

The first bill a lawmaker introduces usually indicates where that person’s priorities lie. For Sen. Dayna Polehanki, D-Livonia, that’s fixing Michigan’s grade three reading law which requires schools ...

Studies showing that children who read below grade level by 3rd grade continue to struggle in school long afterwards have engendered a patchwork of literacy laws across the country. Many of those ...