“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...

Editor’s Note: Click on the words highlighted in this story to pull up a definition and short research summary. When is a reading test not a true reading test? Most of the time. For years, cognitive ...

It can take years for students to acquire enough academic knowledge to make a difference in reading test scores. A new study suggests that standardized reading tests often fail to reflect what ...

EdSource · Los Angeles parents fight for and win intensive tutoring for kids hurt by Covid A panel of reading experts has designated the tests that school districts can use to identify reading ...

PROVIDENCE, RI — Seven years ago, a computer beat two human quizmasters on a “Jeopardy” challenge. Ever since, the tech industry has been training its machines to make them even better at amassing ...

News spread Monday of a remarkable breakthrough in artificial intelligence. Microsoft and Chinese retailer Alibaba independently announced that they had made software that matched or outperformed ...

It is among the most common of nightmares. You dream of taking a test for which you are completely unprepared — you’ve never studied the material or even attended the course. For millions of American ...

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Get the Ed Chat newsletter: Enter your email for weekly updates about Alabama schools from Trisha Powell Crain: Reading scores for Alabama’s second and third graders have dipped slightly, according to ...