State Board of Education increases minimum passing score for third grade reading test
Last year, about 9% of third graders in the state were reading below grade level. While this is an 8% decrease from the year ...
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Do Leveled Books Have Any Place in the Classroom?
As the "science of reading" movement has spread, predictable texts for beginning readers have come under fire.
Third grade reading standards increase in Alabama
Third graders statewide can expect a new standard for reading levels this school year. The State Board of Education approved ...
Watsonville Charter School rebounds as California reading scores up slightly after pandemic
School test scores in California inched up over the last year by less than one percentage point in both reading and math and, ...
K-12 Reading, Math Scores Inch Upward, But Still Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
Today's results suggest that California’s public schools are making encouraging gains, and these gains are largest for our ...
Most Fort Worth kids are behind in reading. Is that a civil rights issue?
In Fort Worth’s public schools, the majority of students are behind in reading. Just 43% of students across all public school ...
Nearly 70% of Minnesota eighth grade students not proficient in math under Tim Walz
Test results showed that in 2022, only 32% of eighth grade students in Minnesota tested proficient in math. The information ...
Half of Wisconsin students met math, reading expectations. What that means is another issue.
In 2022-23, 41% or less of Wisconsin students in grades three through eight were considered proficient or above in math and ...
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LAUSD student test scores see improvement at every grade level but remain below pre-pandemic levels
LAUSD students have shown improvement in their recent test scores at every grade level and in nearly every student ...
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Statewide test scores improved in 2024, but achievement still not back to pre-Covid levels
English and math scores improved from 2023 to 2024, but still have not caught up to results from prior to the pandemic.
Certain arm positions commonly used for blood pressure checks may lead to inaccurate results. Here’s the right way to do it
A new study found that having your arm in the wrong position during blood pressure checks — either at home or the doctor’s office — can result in readings “markedly higher” than when your arm is in ...
Faulty blood pressure readings may lead to inflated diagnosis, study finds
Researchers concluded that improper arm position could result in 40 to 54 million people being misclassified as having hypertension.