EdSource

California retires RICA; new teacher test to focus on phonics

January 29, 2026 - In 1985, Merryl Goldberg went to the Soviet Union and met The Phantom Orchestra. To help them she made up a secret code, hidden in sheet music. Next week, the unpopular teacher ...
WTVF

Could you pass the 3rd Grade TCAP reading assessment? We have a practice test!

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Most Tennessee third graders didn't pass their TCAP reading assessment which decides whether or not they'll be moving up to the next grade. According to results released late ...
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 ...
WAPT

Results from state 3rd grade reading assessment released

Thursday, the Mississippi Department of Education released the results from the first round of this year's third-grade reading assessment.Students took that test last month. On the first try, 75.7% ...
Forbes

To Make Progress In Reading, We Need To Monitor It Differently

“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 ...