While nationwide scores are still below pre-pandemic levels, some local districts are seeing improvements in math and reading ...

The average American student remains half a grade level behind pre-pandemic levels of achievement in both reading and math.

An analysis of state and national assessment test scores finds a few bright spots, along with evidence that interventions ...

“Low performing students are struggling, especially in reading ... with teachers reporting worsening morale, schools still experiencing high levels of chronic absenteeism, and districts ...

Most Texas schools ... reading and math academies, which offer teachers professional development opportunities. The district’s efforts seem to be paying off at specialized high schools, Sanborn ...

Two additional elementary schools have quietly won exemptions to Mayor Eric Adams’ sweeping reading curriculum mandate, ...

Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that’s changing. In-class tutors and “data chats” at her ...

One of California’s starkest — and most important — letdowns is the consistent failure to help elementary and middle school ... lowest-performing students. On fourth grade reading, student ...

That could reflect investments by families in high-performing students' recovery ... clearly do better when they're in school. Among the states that saw reading scores fall in 2024 are Florida ...

But in 2024, reading scores declined even more ... D.C. schools also showed improvements for both low- and high-performing students, as did schools in Atlanta, Baltimore, Houston, Los Angeles ...