Reading and Math test scores for fourth- and eighth-graders plummeted throughout the United States between 2019 and 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and Mississippi's results were no ...

Erika De La Rosa was excited when she heard about the sweeping changes to the STAAR exam. "When they initially announced it, as an English teacher, it sounded like a fantastic idea because writing ...

ALBANY – Hindered by the pandemic, fourth-graders in New York lost twice as much ground in math and reading than the national average, according to a report by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli.

More countries are edging ahead of the United States in math and science achievement, according to the latest results from an international test of 4th and 8th graders in the subjects. The Trends in ...

CHARLESTON — West Virginia public school students have hit record lows on the U.S. Education Department’s national test for fourth- and eighth-graders, in the assessment’s first year since the ...

The numbers for the state's fourth-grade writing tests should be out, but they are not because there is a problem with the scores. State school leaders held up grading of tests to check reliability of ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam scores were released Monday. Nationwide, the results show students in fourth and eighth grade saw declines in math and ...

Third graders in Louisiana would be required to pass a state reading test to advance to fourth grade under legislation given final passage on Monday. The sponsor of House Bill 12, Rep. Richard Nelson, ...

Murfreesboro school officials oppose the third-grade law Parents may have to alter summer plans State lawmaker defends law's goal to improve literacy Murfreesboro and Rutherford County third-graders ...

Nearly 40% of Knox County Schools third graders failed the state's mandatory reading test, and parents of those children need to decide by Sunday evening whether to retake the test. Kids who don't ...

Fourth- and eighth-graders fell behind in reading and had the largest ever decline in math, according to a national educational assessment showing the devastating effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on ...