A careful reading of the paper shows what could be interpreted as an astounding lack of consistency: some test passages were written below grade level, while others were written far above grade level.

Kristen Hernandez, 9, was told last year that her reading score on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or Staar test, “approaches” but does not “meet” grade level.

Questions about the reading and writing tests arose after some education advocates pointed to studies showing passages were written above elementary and middle schoolers' grade levels.

Chambers says that new research conducted at A&M will be released in the next few months and will show that, according to the latest STAAR test, even fewer kids are reading at grade level today ...

Some New York fourth-graders tackling state language-arts tests examined passages that were taken from books deemed to be at a fifth- or sixth-grade reading level, according to a person who saw ...

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below grade level on recent spring reading tests, new state data shows. That’s ...

There are nine questions total with three reading passages. The questions start at third-grade level and increase in difficulty up to fifth-grade level. Good luck!

Houston ISD has partnered with Prof Jim — an generative AI company founded in 2020 — to generate reading passages for students in third through tenth grade this year.