Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Imagine you have a test coming up. Wouldn't you like to know what might be on it? That may seem like a fair question, but millions ...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress measures student performance in math and reading. See how the 50 states shape up.

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 ...

Almost all young people in France take a national reading test around the age of 17 as part of a national event. The test ...

Elementary school children with personal cell phones score significantly lower on standardized reading comprehension tests ...

“How can this be?” This was the response of principal Jane Avery when she saw her school’s most recent third-grade reading scores. Three years ago, she worked with her primary grade teachers to adopt ...

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — Thousands of local children are failing mandatory reading exams despite statewide efforts to help them improve their scores. Six years ago, North Carolina leaders created ...

The Graduate Reading Proficiency Exam is for graduate students who are majoring in other disciplines. FREN, GERM, LATN, and SPAN 615 are designed to prepare students to take the examination(s) that ...