Every year as a Chicago Public Schools eighth grade teacher, I am forced to reflect on the memory of my high school application process. I remember arriving at Lane Tech’s village-sized campus on a ...

TULSA, Okla. — More than a decade after Oklahoma lawmakers voted to stop holding back third-grade students who couldn’t read at grade level, the debate is back at the State Capitol, driven by ...

An eighth-grade history teacher in Dallas, Texas, says only two of her 110 students can read at grade level, a revelation that’s reigniting fears about literacy and screen culture. Featured Video In a ...

Select an analysis from the dropdown below. In 2025, 30 ballot measures were certified for elections. The following individual ballot measures had the highest or lowest scores or word counts: The ...

Students’ reading scores haven’t budged from pandemic-era lows, even as math achievement has crept up, according to new data released today from the testing group NWEA. The latest analysis of the ...

Experts suggest the COVID-19 pandemic, technology and chronic absenteeism are potential factors in the decline. The U.S. Education secretary called the results "devastating" and a justification for ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A newly-released national report shows Florida students are slipping behind in literacy. According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress, the state dropped to 43rd in ...

EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A decade-long slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance continued last year, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...

WASHINGTON — A decadelong slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, ...