Maine teacher prep programs call foul after getting F’s for how they teach reading

[The Maine Monitor](/section/the-maine-monitor) Maine teacher prep programs call foul after getting F’s for how they teach reading The National Council on Teacher Quality gave poor ratings to three of Maine’s public universities at a time when reading test scores have been falling.   Author: By Kristian Moravec of The Maine Monitor MAINE, USA — Three of Maine’s public universities received failing grades in 2023 for one of the most critical things they do: prepare future educators to teach kids how to read. The National Council on Teacher Quality, a think tank based in Washington D.C., [found that](https://www.nctq.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Maine_Profile_-_TeacherPrepReviewReading.pdf) teacher preparation programs at the University of Maine in Orono, University of Southern Maine and University of Maine at Farmington were not adequately preparing teachers to help children learn to read, a finding that staff and faculty at the universities strongly refuted. The organization gave the three public univers... --- *Note: This is a summarized excerpt. Click the source link above to read the full story.*