High school seniors’ math and reading comprehension are on the decline, according to a national report. The National Center for Education Statistics, part of the U.S. Department of Education, ...
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The slow collapse of comprehension

The Second Congressional Commission on Education (EdCom 2) cited distilled Flemms (Functional Literacy, Education and Mass Media Survey) results showing that 21 percent of senior high school graduates ...
The grades have been posted for the nation's report card, and the latest data is troubling. According to the National Assessment of Education Progress, students are continuing to lose ground in ...
GEORGIA (WALB) - Reading and math scores have dropped to their lowest level in more than 20 years. This greatly impacts teenagers in the 12th grade, according to an exam released Tuesday, Sept. 9, ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. High school students hit historic lows in math and reading on national tests, continuing a decade-long decline ...
Biology, literature, calculus, U.S. history—all high school courses, regardless of subject, require a strong grasp of one critical skill: reading. By the time students are in high school, especially ...
Last month, Rose Horowitch wrote the article “The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books,” which sparked a lot of debate. Professors told Horowitch that their students felt overwhelmed at the ...
As a journalism major, most of my classes have consisted of reading new articles or analyses — shorter content and, every once in a while, a scholarly paper. So for about a year or two, I didn’t read ...