This article was originally published in South Carolina Daily Gazette. COLUMBIA — Fewer than half of South Carolina third- through eighth-grade students can do math as expected for their grade level, ...

While officials at the U.S. Department of Education expressed concern with results of the “Nation’s Report Card,” noting that it depicts a “heartbreaking reality,” Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois ...

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U.S. 4th and 8th grade students are performing worse in math, and somewhat worse in reading, than they were two years ago, according to new data from a national test. The results were a surprise to ...

This story has been edited to add additional information about 12th grade mathematics and reading scores. Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the ...

Math scores of California’s average eighth graders on standardized tests in 2021 were in line with the knowledge and skills of fifth graders, according to a new analysis of the state’s Smarter ...