They blamed cell phones, standardized tests, and extracurriculars, and they mostly agreed that the shift began in high school ... that his students are overwhelmed at the thought of reading ...

Benchmark assessments for 2023-24 show gaps in the state’s highest and lowest performing students are still likely wider than ...

DOGE leader Vivek Ramaswamy called eighth graders' reading proficiency scores "downright brutal" while calling to get rid of ...

Students must also complete a non-credit "high school and beyond plan" course and a Washington state history course. Washington’s math and reading assessment is the Smarter Balanced exam ...