After years of relying on state tests that painted an incomplete picture, Abilene schools say new benchmarks and local assessments are revealing what students truly know—and where they’re growing ...

Yesterday’s release of a capstone report by the Carnegie Corporation of New York’s Council on Advancing Adolescent Literacy covered some interesting ground and issued some pretty strong calls to ...

The buyer's journey has changed, making digital literacy a must for today's businesses. Here are things to consider when doing a digital literacy assessment. Many organizations simply aren't investing ...

This article originally published at Southington sees major increases in early literacy, math scores after instructional ...

Asking patients whether they understand health information you've just provided on the spot isn't the best way to improve health literacy. A better approach, according to patient-experience expert ...

Third-grade teacher Audra Lessard coaches her students on words starting with "br" as part of a phonics lesson at the Sumner G. Whittier School in Everett. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Third graders at Sumner ...

Take the lead in closing the achievement gap. Data from National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows that on average, 50 percent of children are at or below the basic level of literacy ...

Provincial assessment results for 2015-16 show New Brunswick students are failing to achieve provincial targets in reading, as well as writing and mathematics. (Shutterstock/Syda Productions) A ...