How reading benefits both the brain and the body

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Recent reports show that Texas students struggle with reading. The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) said some fourth through eighth graders failed to reach its "Basic" skills threshold.

NAEP's 2024 Nation's Report Card showed over 40% of fourth-grade students and about 39% of eighth-grade students in Texas failed to reach the basic skills threshold, according to the report.

NAEP said the reading scores of fourth graders in Texas dropped two percentage points...