Our goal is to help every student become a proficient reader,“ said Deputy Superintendent Dr. Jenna Chiasson. “This data ...

Elementary school students in Louisiana are showing improved reading skills, according to new data. The Louisiana Department ...

Over several years, Louisiana has methodically revamped how kids are taught to read. Now, the work appears to be paying off: While students in nearly every other state made little to no reading ...

Test scores are out for Louisiana schools, and while the numbers don’t show as much growth as the last two years, students maintained recent gains. “Obviously, we understand that in a state that's ...

This is Part 2 of our 1960s Voter Eligibility Literacy quiz. Every question you’ll face here is pulled directly from the historic events surrounding the 1960s Louisiana Literacy Test. This trial was ...

Louisiana made big gains on a closely watched national test, with its 4th graders leading the country in reading progress and the state climbing to its highest spot ever in the national rankings.

Following the Civil War, many Southern states administered literacy tests to prospective voters. However, some states enacted a grandfather clause in the early 1890s. The clause waived literacy tests ...

Louisiana public school students overall have almost recovered academically from the coronavirus pandemic after two consecutive years of improvement on a key test, state education leaders announced ...

Louisiana is ranked among the worst states when it comes to quality of education and education attainment. Currently, the ...

Every time an election looms, Baton Rouge resident Ashley Shelton notices the red flags — the signs sprinkled around the city and other parts of Louisiana that give the wrong information about when ...

One of the author's students taking the Louisiana Literacy Test from the 1960s. One of the author's students taking the Louisiana Literacy Test from the 1960s. Take a look at a photo of the 46 U.S.