After state lawmakers passed legislation last year aiming to improve childhood literacy, Gov. Kim Reynolds is next turning her attention this session to Iowa students' math scores that dropped in ...

The legislation follows a previous effort passed last year to raise childhood literacy scores. House File 784 provides educators with more teaching instruction and resources to create personalized ...

The state’s new “Math Counts Act” requires Iowa schools to start screening students’ math skills three times each year. Schools have been testing students’ literacy skills three times a year for ...