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Florence Middleton/CalMattersNearly 60% of third graders aren’t reading at grade level. A new bill would require schools to use a phonics-based approach to teach students -
Don Ryan/APResearch shows Oregon’s reading scores have continued to fall in recent years. Why is that, and how do we fix it?
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In fact, those scores have decreased over time. That’s according to recent research examining public spending on education across the country, compared with reading and math test scores. -
Oregon is in the bottom half of states in reading and math scores among fourth and eighth graders in the “nation’s report card.” -
The Smarter Balanced scores show improvement for both math and English language arts. Black, Latino and low-income student scores climbed more than the state average, although they still had lower scores overall.
