NBC 5 is Reading With You all summer long, with ways to keep your children engaged in reading while they are out of school.

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

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below ...

Wakelyn: Research on 260 districts in 35 states found 3rd-grade reading scores rose in each of the last 3 years. What 3 of them are doing right.

A literacy strategist writes about nurturing children’s love for books and literature in a world where political, social, and ...

Subject-matter teachers are best-suited to help students learn to read and analyze these passages. While all the teachers I work with know that students are coming to them with large literacy gaps, ...

Mavis Talking Books (Ghana): These solar-powered “audio tablets” come preloaded with literacy games, quizzes, and interactive stories. Teachers in remote Volta Region schools use them to reinforce ...

Experts have long known that reading skills develop before the first day of kindergarten, but new research published in the ...

Alabama third grade students appeared to improve on a test of reading comprehension last year despite a slight increase in testing standards, according to numbers released by the Alabama State ...