Below are five takeaways from our reporting on test scores. Low-income students and students with disabilities are falling ...

On the Wednesday, October 22, 2025 episode of The Excerpt podcast: The 2025 Nation’s Report Card reveals that US students are still falling behind in reading and math. Martin West, Academic Dean at ...

When math expectations are not transparent and aligned across a state’s schools, colleges and universities, students’ paths ...

New test results reveal high school seniors struggling with basic skills, raising concerns about America’s academic and economic future. A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math ...

The Nation's Report Card shows progress in reading and math is still elusive for U.S. students, and the gap keeps growing. Should politicians be allowed to pick their voters? James Comey and Letitia ...

As national education spending per pupil rises, student enrollment is dropping and test scores across the United States are falling, which raises concern over how effectively taxpayer dollars are ...

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. Students from the class of 2024 had historically low scores on a major national test ...

Four years after the pandemic emergency ended and K-12 performance plunged nationwide, New Jersey’s third through eighth graders are finally edging up to be on par with pre-pandemic levels, although ...