LETTER: Reading is fundamental When kids graduate from high school nowadays — if they graduate — they read at about a third-grade level and comprehension. More Stories ...

On July 10, an article was published with data showing that half of Louisiana's third-graders are not reading at grade level. This is not a new finding, but it is one that is getting more attention.

Nearly a quarter of third graders did not pass the state’s reading test on their first try. Many are now in summer school, ...

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.

If districts are required to purchase one of these off-the-shelf programs, your children will sit in front of screens, each reading the same “grade level” excerpts from online textbooks ...

On July 10, an article was published with data showing that half of Louisiana's third-graders are not reading at grade level. This is not a new finding, but it is one that is getting more attention.

This is why the New Orleans Campaign for Grade-Level Reading sets an ambitious goal: 80% of economically disadvantaged New Orleans third graders reading on grade level by 2027.

Letters: All must work ... Louisiana, we share the state's commitment to tackling this issue head-on, and we believe our New Orleans Campaign for Grade-Level Reading offers a powerful solution.

Montgomery County advocacy groups and afterschool service providers say they have noticed a troubling trend: Students of color were not reading on grade level, but their parents had no idea ...

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 ...