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Free Digital Reading Activities

Are you looking for digital reading activities to kick off your school year? It can be challenging to plan reading lessons when you’re still getting to know your students and getting to know what they know. You don’t want to bombard your students with too many skill-based reading activities before you’ve reviewed or taught the skills. This set of free digital reading activities designed for use at the beginning of the year is a great way to supplement your reading instruction, get to you know your students as readers, and review a few reading genres. 

About the Free Digital Reading Activities

This set of free reading digital activities includes six different texts; three fiction and three nonfiction.

The fiction texts include a mystery, a twisted fairytale, and a realistic fiction story. The nonfiction topics are emojis, snakes, and pyramids.

Each text includes comprehension questions that require the students to show their understanding of the text. The questions are:

• multiple choice questions
• fill-in-the-blank questions
• true or false statements

The questions and activities included are strictly comprehension-based rather than skill-based. This makes it ideal for the beginning of the year, before your reading skill instruction has started.

Digital Reading Passages

Each genre has a short text presented on one slide. The text passages are the perfect length for your students to read without being too much at once.

The texts are written at lower levels than is expected for 4th and 5th graders since this is the beginning of the school year. The levels are around a 3rd grade reading level.

The variety of genres included makes this a great way to review a few genres at the beginning of the year and get your students excited about what types of books they enjoy reading and are looking forward to reading this school year.

Multiple Choice Reading Comprehension Questions

Each passage has its own set of multiple-choice questions. Your students will read the questions and the choices and then use a drag and drop element to show their answers. This makes it more engaging and interactive for your students instead of simply typing their answers in a text box.

Fill-in-the-Blank Sentences

The second type of question is fill-in-the-blank. Your students will type a missing word or phrase into each text box based on what they read in the text.

Agree or Disagree Activities

Lastly, your students will read sentences that could be true or false. Each one requires your students to show whether they agree or disagree with the statement they read. If they disagree, there is a text box for your students to rewrite the sentence to make it true.

To make the activities more engaging, the drag and drop moveable pieces are related to the passage topic or theme. For example, in a story about missing donuts, your students will drag a moveable donut to a box to show they agree with each statement. If they disagree, the donut box will stay empty and they will need to rewrite the statement in the text box to make it factual.

Using the Digital Reading Activities

The best thing about these activities is that they are versatile depending on your needs. You can adapt them whether you want your students to work on them as a class, independently, in partners, or even in your small reading groups. They are easily projected on an interactive whiteboard for whole-class reading and discussion, or may be assigned independently through your virtual classroom interface.

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Looking for a printable version of this set? There are printable versions of each text and set of questions included in this download, too. When you click on the link below, you will receive both sets.

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Each set includes BOTH printable and digital versions for digital reading instruction, face-to-face instruction, or hybrid reading instruction. Just like the free set of activities shown on this post, the digital activities are designed for use with Google Slides and digitally optimized for student engagement and optimal use.

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Fourth graders are independent explorers, full of ideas and opinions. They have an impressive skill set and are ready to go deeper. With that in mind, we’ve gathered together learning links and fun activities that will help kids build skills in literacy, math, science, and social studies—plus some just for fun! This list of 4th grade websites and activities is something kids can easily do at home with their families.

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Read a good series..

Isn’t it awesome when you read a good book and you find out there are more books in the series? Check out 3 series that 4th graders love: Two Truths and A Lie books by Ammi-Joan Paquette,  I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis and The Book Scavenger series by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman. For more titles, read 50 Best Books for Fourth Grade .

Write every day.

Encourage your child to write daily in their journal. Check out these fun writing prompts  including: “What is the worst book you ever read and what made it so terrible?”,  “Describe an unusual talent, hobby or skill that you possess”, and “Write a story about someone your age that includes a giraffe, a mouse, a flying carpet, and a large birdcage.”

Listen to reading for fluency.

Audible is offering free audiobooks for kids during school closures. Try Kid Normal by Greg James, Zero G by Dan Wells, or Camp Red Moon by R.L. Stine.

Listen to podcasts.

Listen to But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids  and then brainstorm all the crazy questions you can come up with. Or listen to Short & Curly , a podcast that examines ethical questions, then write a persuasive essay about an ethical dilemma. For more podcast suggestions, click here .

Work on writing strategies.

Practicing writing skills will help kids be better writers. Have them work on introductions and conclusions, editing and revising, linking words and more.

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Play math games..

Games are a great way to practice and gain a deeper understanding of math concepts. To work on multiplication skills, play the Factor Game . For equivalent fractions try the math version of Spoons . And to get the hang of angles, tape off your table for a little protractor practice . For more fourth grade websites and activities for math, click here .

Play board games.

Good old fashioned board games like Monopoly, Yahtzee, and Chess also work toreinforce math skills. For more ideas, check out this Big List of Board Games that Inspire Mathematical Thinking.

Play interactive games.

When it comes to 9 and 10 olds, we know how strong the desire to play video games is. Well, you won’t feel guilty saying yes to these interactive math games . Try Puzzle Pics , Fruit Splat Multiplication , or  Making Change .

Try brain teasers.

Brain teasers help kids develop critical thinking skills that promote math learning. Check out these super fun visual brain teasers, puzzles, and riddles from MentalUp .

Go old school.

These free math worksheets from EdHelper are your new go-go for math skills practice. Work on fourth grade skills like addition and subtraction, fractions and decimals, word problems, multiplication and more.

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Do experiments..

Build a hovercraft using an old CD and a balloon. Brew up a batch of elephant toothpaste.   Or make your own smartphone projector .  For these ideas and more, check out our Best 4th Grade Science Experiments and Activities.

Visit animals … virtually.

Kids can learn a lot from observing animals and we’ve rounded up some of the best nature webcams . Tune in to a live penguin cam ,  peek in on Monterey Bay’s live jellyfish cam ,  or swim with the sharks .

Celebrate Earth Day.

Raid your recycle bin for supplies and construct a bug hotel , make a wind chime from jar lids, leaves, and flowers, or construct your own terrarium . For more amazing crafts and activities, check our our Earth Day roundup .

Go outdoors.

Get outside and learn about the world around you. Construct a dirt battery , build a solar oven , or conduct an egg drop experiment . For these ideas and more, visit our Wet and Wild Outdoor Science Projects and Activities .

Explore the world.

Transport young learners around the globe with these engaging videos, lessons, and games from PBS Learning Media. Visit the Ring of Fire , take a Tour of the Galaxy , watch lions and humans interact peacefully and more .

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Bone up on women’s history..

Learn all about the amazing accomplishments of distinguished women such as Jane Goodall, Amelia Earhart , Eleanor Roosevelt and more with these free videos, games, and quizzes from Brainpop .

Dive into American government.

These interactive games give kids an inside view of American politics. Learn how laws are made . See what it’s like to be a legislator . Learn about the complicated process of running for president . For more, click here .

Peruse the news.

Newsela provides kid-friendly new articles on government, economics, law, U.S. history and more. Read about a new hand washing tool that prevents germs from spreading, fearless women throughout history , or learn more about the geography of North America .

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Travel to Ellis Island , visit Colonial Williamsburg , or walk along the Great Wall of China . For more places to travel, head over to our complete list of virtual field trips.

Unplug and play a good old-fashioned board game. This collection of 13 free printable history games tackle topics such as the Bill of Rights , Viking Voyages , and U.S. Presidents .

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Sewing is a lost art. Teach your kids the basics with one of these fun projects. Sew a drawstring backpack , design a custom pillowcase , or make your own teddy bear .

Build an obstacle course in your backyard.

Think American Ninja Warrior, but less sophisticated. Challenge your kids to set up their own course using hoses, pool noodles, buckets, balls, ropes, balloons and more. Check out this blog post for a roundup of Best Backyard Ninja Warrior Courses for Kids .

Learn how to do magic.

Amaze your family and friends (virtually) with these clever magic tricks . Instantly turn water to ice , Make an egg fit through an impossibly small hole , levitate cards , and more!

Practice yoga.

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4th Grade Reading Comprehension Activities: Ideas, Projects, And Strategies

November 13, 2023 //  by  Suzanne Bucknam

Having your students be engaged in literary activities is a great way to get them excited about reading and answering questions. 4th grade students will enjoy creating or responding to these activities listed below. These projects can be altered depending on the questions you are working with, the books they are currently reading or the context you are hoping to use them in.

Using the same tools consistently will give the students an idea about what questions to expect, which always makes students more comfortable. You can more components to most of these activities or you can simplify them by eliminating certain sections.

1. Beach Ball Socratic Method

Using this fun and engaging activity will bring learning to life at a 4th grade level . You can also encourage your students to speak in full sentences by referring to these sentence stems. This activity can be done after a read-aloud.

Learn More: The Thrifty SLP

2. Roll and Retell

All that is required for this activity is a few dice. Students can work individually, in pairs, or in large groups to discuss different elements of the short story or book they are reading. Your 4th grade students will feel like they are playing a board game while they are learning.

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3. Build and Explain

Simply cutting and pasting or drawing symbols directly onto these cups is a comprehension activity that makes use of images to prompt retelling. Students could design and create their own stack or you can have a class set. Alternatively, this activity would be effective with small groups as well.

Learn More: Teach Outside The Box

4. Reading Comprehension Bracelets

This reading comprehension activity is easy to customize. You can change up the color codes of the beads if you do not have these on hand or students can make a necklace instead of a bracelet, depending on their preferences. They can take it home or keep it at school.

Learn More: Growing Book By Book

5. Book Talks with Talking Points

Add these fun key-ring tools to your next book talk session. This aid will even be handy with 3rd grade kids or even older students. The students will answer questions based on the prompt they flip to. Each student could have their own copy or you could make only one.

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6. Reading Cootie Catcher 

This idea is a fun spin and variation on an old favorite game that provokes nostalgia with many young students. They will begin by picking a color and then, the activity expands to having them answer multiple-choice and extended-response questions. Answering these questions is an essential skill.

Learn More: Classroom Game Nook

7. Yellow Brick Road

Students can create their own yellow brick road stones to discuss different components of a story, which is an essential skill or they can work on their inferencing skills. 1st graders, 2nd graders, and even 5th graders will understand the movie references hidden inside this game.

Learn More: Just Cara Carroll

8. Cheeseburger Book Report

One of the benefits of this activity is that the teacher can decide if they want students to add additional content by adding more condiments to their cheeseburger. Students can write in simple complete sentences, complex sentences, or point form.

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9. Text Clues

Making predictions, using text clues, and making inferences based on the given information in a text are lifelong skills that students must master. Having them create this visual craft will assist them in writing down their thoughts and allow them to be creative with their project designs.

Learn More: Raise The Bar Reading

10. Asking Good Questions

Having students answer questions about the who, what, where, when, why, and how of a story is a reading skill that needs to be developed. Having them create and design this craft will make sure they don’t forget to answer any of these important questions when asked.

11. Acronyms | Context Clues

Fourth graders absolutely love acronyms. To be honest, when I’m teaching I sometimes still reference acronyms I was taught in elementary school. Using the IDEAS acronym to teach context clues can help readers to decipher different meanings throughout passages.

Learn More: Stellar Teacher

12. Close Readings

Close readings are essential to a classroom that’s trying to really use all of the different reading strategies. There are so many insightful and interesting reading passages available, meaning that your students will be excited about close readings.

Pro tip: These can be done collaboratively to enhance reading fluency and understanding.

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13. Reading Exit Tickets

Exit tickets are great because they can literally be tailored to almost anything you’re teaching. They also act as an informal assessment and being used as an  exit to leave the classroom can be helpful in pushing kiddos to get them done.

Learn More: Primary Possibilities

14. Think, Mark, Chart

Having a Think, Mark, Chart anchor chart in the classroom can be very beneficial to readers of all levels. Create this chart together at the beginning of the year and keep it up all year! If students have questions during reading, it’s important to redirect their attention back to the chart and explain you’ll go through the passage together after.

Pro tip: Make this into small sheets of paper that students can keep on their desks or in their reading notebooks.

Learn More: Just a Primary Girl

15. Summarizing

Summarizing is so important for developing strong readers. When summarizing, teachers are getting students to break down what they read into smaller, more comprehensible pieces. In some cases, students will begin to automatically do this as they read, making their comprehension abilities much stronger.

Learn More: Mrs. Capulong’s Classroom

16. Breaking Down Reading Standards

Reading comprehension activities aren’t only helpful to students, but also helpful to teachers. If you’re new to fourth grade, you’ve noticed the intensity that the reading standards hold. Making it more important to have a complete understanding of them before being able to teach reading successfully.

Learn More: LiteracyTA

17. Vocabulary Builder Flip Book

My students absolutely love making flip books! Hidden inside these coloring pages are vocabulary words, figurative language, or really any skill your heart desires that students will reference time and time again.

Pro tip: Have students create their very own flipbooks with this video.

Learn More: Teacher Thrive

18. Main Idea and Details

Introduce or remind students about the main idea and details with this super simple web activity. Students will be hooked on how easy it is to decipher between the main ideas and the details and excited for whatever lesson you have planned next!

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19. Reading Levels

In grade 4, reading levels vary across the board. In some cases, readers are very advanced and above reading level, while on the other hand, some readers are quite far below the average fourth-grade reading level. Making sure that students know and understand their levels will help the child with comprehension.

Learn More: Scholastic

20. Strategy Mini Books

Teaching and helping students to integrate core comprehension skills into their daily reading should be top of the list. Using these little mini books that are filled with comprehension strategies, will help students to have a reference point when they are stuck or unsure. Not only fostering daily comprehension, but also independence.

21. Create a Story Map

Creating a story map will literally provide students with a visual of the story elements. This visual will help students to build background knowledge that is an essential tool in retelling the story.

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22. What is Reading?

Across grade levels, it is essential that students fully understand what the purpose of reading is. At the 4th-grade level, students are beginning to pertain a deeper understanding of what they’re learning. An activity with this anchor chart can be a great way to really foster the total knowledge and understanding of reading.

Learn More: Teaching with Terhune

23. Jenga Story Retell

Turn Jenga into the perfect classroom version, good for a variety of subjects. Honestly, Jenga is one of the best games to integrate into your classroom. Whether you’re focusing on story retelling, vocabulary terms, spelling words, or comprehension topics, you can’t go wrong with this purchase.

Pro tip: Write the questions or tasks on a piece of paper and tape them to the blocks.

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24. Heads Up

If you’ve heard of Heads Up, then you can imagine why this would be so much fun for 4th graders. Get rid of that boring old vocabulary worksheet and allow students to learn through play! You can simply write the vocabulary words on an index card and have them hold the cards up to their heads while other students act it out!

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25. Comprehension Short Stories

Youtube short stories are great for developing so many different reading skills. One of the best parts of this comprehension activity is hearing different voices and accents. Varying accents and voices will help students to be able to work with different listening skills.

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26. Sight Words

Sight words only get more difficult as students get older, but they never lose their importance. For effective reading comprehension, students should have strong fluency skills. Working on 4th grade sight words can help to build those. Whether you use this as a whole class activity or in small centers, it is sure to help students with their sight word fluency!

Learn More: Teacher Calai

27. 4th Grade Read Alouds

Are you looking for stories that are great for 4th grade? Maybe an entire playlist for that matter? Read Alouds are extremely important for blossoming readers. This comprehension bundle can be used to simply enhance fluency or paired with a comprehension worksheet.

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28. Making Connections

Making connections helps students to really delve deep and put meaning to the words they’re reading. This video will give students an overview of different strategies in order to make connections.

Learn More: Education Galaxy

29. Riddles

Riddles help students to think more in-depth about what they’re hearing or reading. Sometimes a simple Youtube video like this can spark kids to put on their thinking caps and be ready for a comprehension article or some graphic organizers.

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30. Create a Game Show! 

Creating a game show or matching games through Wordwall can be a great way to motivate your kiddos to want to read and have a deeper understanding of what they read. Whether you allow students to create their own game shows are you create them, they’ll always look forward to it!

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31. Create a Comprehension Video Lesson

Creating a comprehension video lesson is super simple and could be very beneficial without your kids even knowing! You can use Edpuzzle to create a video, including any of your own or sourced material online, and add questions or prompts. The best part is, if your kids want to keep watching, they’ll need to answer the questions to move on!

32. Reading Comprehension Cubes

Instead of printable worksheets this year in your centers, try out reading comprehension cubes! Students will love the hands-on rolling of these dice and love working collaboratively even more! Either have students record their answers in notebooks or aloud to each other.

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33. Reading Response Options

Providing students with a variety of different response options is defiantly a go-to comprehension activity. This not only provides students with choices but also helps them to be more confident in effective reading comprehension.

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34. Book Club

Book clubs provide students with a place to hold discussions and comfortably ask and answer questions about a book they’re reading! Providing students with book club talking points can help students to ask important comprehension questions collaboratively.

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35. Create Poetry Books

Poetry is a way to teach comprehension through short and often complex sentences. These sentences help students to build awareness around the many meanings found. A poetry book can go along with your poetry unit in fourth grade! Students will love decorating and creating these masterpieces.

36. Inference Detectives

Becoming inference detectives is a great way to help students learn how to make inferences and draw conclusions! These activities are packed with so much fun and students will absolutely love solving them. Don’t worry they all come equipped with an answer key to help save teachers’ prep time!

37. Reading Quotes

A fourth-grade classroom is essential for reading comprehension and fluency. Having reading quotes around the room is one of the best ways to incline to students build a love for reading. One fun activity that my students love is creating posters of reading quotes! If we have some free time, I allow reading groups to choose a quote and create a poster.

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38. For the Love of Reading

Giving students different devices that will motivate them to read is a great way to really spice up their comprehension and fluency. These punch cards are super simple and can be so motivating to students and parents.

Final Thoughts

Having tools for students to access will allow them to visualize and better understand the story or book they are working with in your class. You can either create these resources yourself and make one copy of your entire class to use or you can have students work with their hands to design their own copy of these crafts that they can always keep with them to refer back to when you tell them to or when they feel they need to.

Giving your students the opportunity to access these supports will build them for success and give them ownership of their learning.

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Since comprehension questions in our part of the world are not mcqs – they are usuallyquestions which require short answers – I usually dowload the passages and prepare my own questions, with maybe one or two mcqs from your question bank thrown in. Thus, my students cannot find answers and it makes them do the hard work of comprehending the passages.

I also underline some of the words and phrases and ask them to find words or phrases which mean the same and can replace them in the passage – that’s another important component of questions asked on reading comprehension passages in my part of the world, Ghana. Maybe those complaining about cheaters can use some of these strategies. They can also tweak the questions on this site to do away with cheating.

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One thing that might help is downloading the .RTF file and editing the titles of the assignments. A persistent student will still be able to find the answers, but that may make it a little harder.

Also, remember, cheaters are only cheating themselves! And the system and everyone else too, but mainly themselves! Best wishes!

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OLYMPIA––September 10, 2024 ––Today, the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) released data from the spring 2024 state assessments. Overall, the data indicates that students are continuing a strong recovery in math and the need for a continued focus on literacy.

The tests, required each spring for students in grades 3–8 and 10, are one way of assessing the depth of each student’s knowledge and skills in math and English language arts. 

Achievement levels on the state assessment represent a range of performance. Three of the four achievement levels indicate grade-level knowledge and skills, with increasing accuracy and complexity. While Level 1 indicates achievement that is not on grade level, Level 2 indicates foundational grade-level knowledge and skills, and Levels 3 and 4 indicate a student is on track for college-level learning without needing remedial classes.

“We often see the results of these tests being miscommunicated to mean something that they don’t,” said State Superintendent Chris Reykdal. “The state tests are not Pass/Fail and students who do not meet the college readiness proficiency standard are not necessarily below grade level in their knowledge. On the tests, students demonstrate their grade-level knowledge and skills along a continuum of complexity.” 

For example, in assessing reading and comprehension in the third grade, a lower score indicates that the student was able to identify central ideas in texts of low or moderate complexity and distinguish between literal and non-literal meanings of words and phrases. On the same assessment, a higher score indicates that the student could identify explicit evidence or supporting details to support basic inferences in text of moderate-to-high or unusually high complexity.

Washington students continue to perform similar to or better than students enrolled in public schools across the U.S. on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the nation’s only assessment where statistically sound comparisons between states can be drawn. While NAEP data have shown a steady decline in reading performance across the nation since 2017, the data continue to show that Washington’s students make gains in both math and English language arts as they progress through the K–12 education system. 

On the NAEP assessment, by the 8th grade, only 7 states and the Department of Defense (DoD) schools are statistically significantly outperforming Washington students in math and only 2 states and the DoD schools are statistically significantly outperforming Washington students in reading. The data place Washington’s 8th graders in the top 15 states in the country for their math and reading abilities.

As one way of assessing student learning recovery, OSPI monitors student progress and learning acceleration, as displayed in the chart below. The bars indicate student progress from the 2023 to the 2024 assessments. 

Under federal law, each state is required to administer statewide assessments in grades 3–8 and once in high school. At a system level, the data are used to identify opportunity gaps and influence investments and policy priorities to support student learning. As required by federal law, assessment data inform the level of support the state provides to each school through the Washington School Improvement Framework . 

Families, policymakers, and community members should be cautious about viewing state assessment scores as the primary indicator of student learning and growth. Engagement, attendance, grades, and classroom-based assignments and tests provide more detailed, timely, and useful information about individual students' progress to their families and educators.

It should be noted that the required standardized tests aim to measure students’ knowledge and skills in one year compared to students at that grade level from the previous year. It shows overall trends and can indicate a student’s performance at one particular time, but is not designed to measure a single student’s ability and readiness over time.

Trends in the Data Over Time

At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in fall 2021, assessment scores in Washington dropped by several percentage points, mirroring the declines across the nation. (Note: Fall 2021 tests were not typical in their timing and length but give an indication of student learning and progress.) While test scores are not yet back to what they were pre-pandemic, the recovery in scores since 2022 are evidence of the diligent efforts by Washington’s students, educators, and families.

The chart below shows the total percentage of students who demonstrated grade-level knowledge and skills (left) as well as the total percentage of students who demonstrated knowledge and skills consistent with the college readiness proficiency standard (right) in both math and English language arts.

The math and English language arts charts below show, by grade level, the percentage of students who demonstrated grade-level knowledge and skills (left) as well as the percentage of students who demonstrated knowledge and skills consistent with the college readiness proficiency standard (right).

The data show continued recovery and acceleration in math at nearly all grade levels, highlighting the intentional, focused efforts of Washington’s educators to support math recovery. (It should be noted that math scores saw the largest decrease during the pandemic.)

English Language Arts

In English language arts, the data indicate the need for a renewed focus on literacy. As our world becomes more digitally connected, young people are spending less time reading as they age—in particular, less time reading complex texts. A 2023 study by Scholastic found that, from 2010 to 2022, the number of youth aged 6–17 who identified as “frequent readers” (5–7 days per week) decreased by 9 percentage points to just 28% in 2022. Young people are spending more time texting, on social media, gaming, and watching online videos, and less time reading books. 

“These trends in reading are occurring across the nation, but in Washington, we can be different,” said Reykdal. “Literacy is the foundational building block to future learning across all content areas, and we are doubling down on our focus on early literacy in particular.”

Superintendent Reykdal’s 2025 budget proposal to the Governor and Legislature will include funds for an artificial intelligence (AI) reading tool where students can practice reading out loud and receive immediate, individualized analysis and feedback from the tool to support their learning. The tool will provide real-time data to each child’s teacher, supporting educators to quickly identify students who may need additional support.

Superintendent Reykdal will also be requesting funding for continued support of the Imagination Library of Washington , a global nonprofit organization created by Dolly Parton where children birth through age 5 can receive a high-quality, age-appropriate book delivered to their home each month. The program aims to support early literacy as well as provide opportunities for parents and families to read to their children.

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Assessment results for math, English language arts, and science are available for the state as well as by school and school district on the Washington State Report Card . Users can also download data files from the Report Card if they are interested in more detail.     Parents and families should contact their child's school or school district for more information about their student's assessment results. 

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