The A4 program was launched in 2017 to close the gap in academic outcomes between African American students and other demographic groups. The first summer reading program was launched in 2018.

But an alarming 60 percent of black 4th graders still cannot read at grade level. ... Getting African American Kids to Love Reading Since the early 1990s, ... 2003 12:00 AM ET.

But, according to data from the ACT test, the percentage of African-American students who are college-ready in English, math, reading, and science ranges from 17 percent in Massachusetts to only 3 ...

The Young Men's Christian Association, better known as the YMCA, has existed in the U.S. since the late 1800s. The first YMCA ...

While the nation’s graduation rates have reached a historic high, results from the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) show that reading and math performance levels for U.S. 12th ...

Math, reading performance is stagnant among U.S. 12th-graders, assessment finds. ... The nation’s high school seniors have shown no improvement in math and reading performance since 2009, ...

The average reading score for high school seniors dropped between 2015 and 2019, while math scores for those soon-to-be-graduates remained flat, according to the latest round of national test ...