Reading and math bills clear Senate. Here's what other education bills lawmakers are considering.

Two bills seeking to augment statewide math and reading instruction for public school students passed unanimously in the ...
EdSource

California retires RICA; new teacher test to focus on phonics

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. Next week, the unpopular teacher ...
Government Technology

AI Could Improve Assessments of Reading, Writing Skills

(TNS) — Artificial intelligence might be able to drive cars, treat disease, and train your front door to recognize your face. But can it crack the toughest nut in literacy: Helping kids comprehend ...

School-Reported Reading Assessments Show Atypical Gains for Students With Dyslexia

NOW! Programs (R), led by Dr. Tim Conway, Clinical Director of The Morris Center and CEO of NOW! Programs (R), today released school-reported assessment data from the 2024/2025 and 2025/2026 school ...
TMCnet

Really Great Reading and OxEd Expand Access to Evidence-Based Literacy Solutions Across Mississippi

Really Great Reading (RGR) and OxEd, a University of Oxford spinout known for oral language assessment and instruction, today ...
Education Week

The critical role of phonics assessment in the Science of Reading

Phonics is a cornerstone skill, both in the context of the Science of Reading as well as across curricula. If students do not have the basic ability to read words on a page, any other instruction a ...
wsbt

Operation Education: Early signs of IREAD success at Concord Schools

ELKHART COUNTY, Ind. (WSBT) — The summer testing window for IREAD-3 is now open for third grade students who did not pass the reading assessment in March. Students will have two opportunities to take ...
wsbt

Operation Education: 3rd grade retention law looms after IREAD scores released

More Indiana third graders passed the IREAD-3 in 2024 compared to 2023. That is good news because in 2025, 3rd graders who don’t pass the state’s reading assessment could be held back. Local schools ...
WHYY

Delaware schools partner with University of Delaware to improve K–3 literacy rates, addressing critical ‘blind spots’

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! Delaware’s troubling 45th ranking in literacy rates underscores a nationwide issue, ...
WTHR

Indiana third graders achieve 'unprecedented' increase in literacy rates, IDOE says

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana third graders have achieved an "unprecedented" increase in literacy rates over the last year, the Indiana Department of Education said Wednesday, Aug. 13. In announcing the ...

NM legislative education committee advances literacy instruction act

Members of the New Mexico Legislature's Senate Education Committee advanced the High-Quality Literacy Instruction Act, which ...

Ministry of Education of Jordan begins transformative national literacy initiative using Amira Learning

Carter Education Group and NorthStar Education are partnering with the Ministry of Education of Jordan to launch a national ...