A panel of reading experts has designated the tests that school districts can use to identify reading difficulties that kindergartners through second graders may have, starting next fall. Gov. Gavin ...

Last year, California appeared ready to join 40 other states by mandating a screening tool for dyslexia — a learning disorder that affects 1 in 5 readers. The test would have flagged first graders who ...

In the push to screen all California students for dyslexia, some worry English learners will be mislabeled, making it harder for them to become fluent in the language. Gov. Gavin Newsom has set aside ...

Memphis-Shelby County Schools will implement a new program to support students with dyslexia. The district has contracted with Reading Horizons for nearly $540,000 to provide targeted reading ...

An affordable screening assessment for dyslexia has been launched for parents amid growing criticism that standard testing is too expensive and takes too long for families. The ground-breaking tool, ...

HSE University researchers have found that complex phonological tests involving several cognitive processes predict dyslexia better than simple ones. This may happen due to the fact that ...

The first thing Havah Kelley noticed was her son’s trouble with the alphabet. The San Francisco mom reviewed letters with him for hours at a time, reciting their names and tracing their shapes. But ...

Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their ...

Get the Ed Chat newsletter: Enter your email for weekly updates about Alabama schools from Trisha Powell Crain: Two weeks ago, for the first time ever, Madelyn, a fourth grader in Mobile County, ...