South Dakota’s math and reading scores are relatively flat, state Department of Education Secretary Joseph Graves told ...

The average American student remains half a grade level behind pre-pandemic levels of achievement in both reading and math ...

comparative advances in math. The rest of the nation should take note. For years, unambiguous evidence from peer-reviewed studies has showed that a phonics-based approach yields the best results ...

In India, many kids who work in retail markets have good math skills. They can quickly perform a range of calculations to complete transactions. But as a new study shows, these kids often perform ...

Ohio students' reading and math scores still haven't recovered from ... That method focuses on phonics and teaching students to break words down into their phonemes or sounds.

A new study has found evidence of big gains in students’ reading ability from using one specific phonics program—and suggests that consistent implementation is key to getting the strongest ...

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