Eighth-grade test scores in Maryland have been declining for many years — and not just because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In math the average student is at least half a year behind and ... Jayceon, 9, South Carolina "I love reading non-fiction books! The more books you read the better you get at reading." –Conner, 9, ...

But a new analysis of state and national test scores shows the average student remains half a grade level behind pre-pandemic achievement in both reading and math. In reading, especially ...

Then, he noticed something else. “The big puzzle was not why math fell more between 2019 and 2022 than reading, the big puzzle is why did reading keep falling?” Kane said. From 2019, before the ...

State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and ...

Math and reading scores tested annually have steadily dropped for more than 10 years, with reading scores matching lows recorded in the mid-1990s in the state and math scores in a free fall.