Opinion: 5 Things the Government Can Do to Help Make Reading Cool Again

Reading achievement is in the dumps. Unlike math, where kids appear to be making at least some signs of progress, reading ...
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15% of grade 3 pupils can’t read, report finds

The findings reveal only 30% of pupils in grades 1 to 3 are reading at grade level in their home languages. In some languages up to 25% of grade 3 pupils cannot read a single word.
East Coast Radio

Study: Nearly quarter of grade 3s can’t read in their home language

Overall, only 30% of pupils in grades 1 to 3 are reading at grade level in their home languages. In some languages, up to 25% of grade three pupils could not read a single word. These figures form ...
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Only 3 in ten Grade 1 to 3 pupils can read at grade level, report reveals

Only three out of 10 pupils in Grades 1 to 3 can read at their grade level in their home languages. In some languages, up to ...

Sask. working to improve K-3 literacy amid increased screen time, fallout of pandemic

Experts say literacy and comprehension levels are low across the grades due to a handful of factors including the COVID-19 ...
Education Week

There’s a Design Flaw With Many Reading Tests. Here’s One State’s Fix

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 ...
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SA’s reading crisis: Why this province’s pupils fall off literacy cliff by Grade 3

KwaZulu-Natal, however, has a better literacy story to tell: it starts with a low Grade 1 score but more than doubles it by Grade 3. The post SA’s reading crisis: Why this province’s pupils fall off ...
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Study reveals shocking percentage of Grade 3 learners cannot read in home language

The 2030 Reading Panel has released their fifth report, which analyses data from the Department of Basic Education’s Funda Uphumelele National Survey.