A mixed class of Year 2 and 3 students — equivalent to first and second grades in the United States — practices fractions at Beach Haven School in Auckland, New Zealand. The government has instituted ...

New test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Report Card, show eighth-graders' science scores have fallen 4 points since 2019 and ...

ALBANY — New York will change what it takes for students to reach “proficiency” on state math and English language arts tests, calling last year’s lower scores the “new normal.” A scoring committee ...

Scores on New York’s statewide assessment tests improved in both math and English language arts during the 2024-2025 school year. Statewide, 57% of students tested proficient in math last year, up 3 ...

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Kentucky students performed better in 2024-2025 than in recent years across several grade levels and subjects, state Department of Education officials said Wednesday as statewide testing data was ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...

Five years after pandemic disruptions, New Jersey students are still showing uneven academic recovery on the NJSLA exams. Look up your school here.

The federal No Child Left Behind Act is spurring a host of states to craft alternative state tests in reading and mathematics for children who are learning English. But the states’ efforts could be ...

Preliminary data from the North Carolina Department of Public Education shows students scored lower on state tests for math and science this fall compared to fall 2019. About 24,000 tests, out of ...

Over half of Pennsylvania’s eighth-grade students scored in the worst of all four categories on the standardized test in math during 2021 — about 53.5%, to be exact. That figure — compared to state ...