Test scores for eighth-grade students in the US declined in both US history and civics in 2022, according to a new report from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often referred to as ...

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 ...

The NAEP assessments compared test scores to students' pre-pandemic performance. Math scores among fourth and eighth grade students across the country experienced their largest decline in decades, ...

TAMPA, Fla. - Florida’s school test scores are declining as the nation struggles with student performance as well. Florida ...

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Even though they fared better than students in other states in reading, New Jersey public school students' math skills declined drastically, according to results of the first nationwide assessment of ...

Like most of the nation, California students were stuck in low gear again in 2024. On the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), they performed significantly below their pre-pandemic ...

When the Education Department released data earlier this week documenting what U.S. students in the fourth and eighth grades know and can do in math and reading – the most comprehensive examination of ...

PHOENIX — Each spring Arizona students from 3rd to 8th grade take state assessments in Math and English Language Arts. Many 11th graders take the ACT for these same subjects. The data shows a slight ...

Nick Storz is a government student at Patrick Henry College and an intern with the Center for Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation. John Schoof is a research associate at the Center for ...