1.   And third-grade reading scores have gone down.

2.   Accordingly, the authors said, the cure for the decline in reading scores was more entertaining and engaging primers.

3.   But she also cautioned against putting too much faith in changing reading scores from one year to the next.

4.   But TV is commonly seen as contributing to the abysmal reading scores on national standardized proficiency tests.

5.   Clinton cited higher math and reading scores, and the lowest default rate on student loans ever.

6.   Despite the rise in math scores, recent reading scores on NAEP tests have been flat.

7.   Heymann had similar findings for reading scores.

8.   His devotion to higher standards allowed the system to boost reading scores slightly in each of the last three years.

9.   Hoekstra raised yet another possible culprit in woeful reading scores, teachers themselves.

10.   In education, for example, third-grade reading scores improved, but high school graduation rates declined.