This paper investigates differences between male and female student performance on multiple-choice (MC) versus constructed-response (CR) items used on the large-scale math and reading PISA tests. The ...

Michigan's third graders ― at a stage of development when stakes are high to master reading — slid in those scores on the state M-STEP test compared with 2023, while elementary schoolers largely ...

“Data-driven” instruction makes sense only if the data that’s driving it makes sense. And much of the data used to guide reading instruction doesn’t. Throughout the school year, classrooms across the ...

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 ...

Stephen Gorard receives funding from Economic and Social Research Council, and Department for Education, to conduct work in this general area. All secondary-age school pupils in year eight (aged 12 ...

Most tests that elementary teachers take to enter the profession don’t adequately measure their knowledge of best practices for reading instruction, a new analysis contends. The report, from the ...