WASHINGTON -- A decadelong slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the covid-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, ...

The reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students has declined in multiple U.S. states, according to a recent report, New Mexico having the lowest averages.

COMPTON, Calif. — Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that’s changing. In-class tutors and “data chats” at her middle school in Compton, California, have made a dramatic ...

President Trump’s new tariffs are poised to wreak havoc on U.S. and global markets. Experts are baffled, stock markets are reeling, and uncertainty is peaking. Whether tariffs are good policy or not ...

After years of declining test scores, the Maine Department of Education is introducing a plan to bolster math and literacy skills statewide. The department is taking a more hands-on approach than it ...

MARYLAND IS ONE OF THE FEW STATES SEEING IMPROVEMENTS IN FOURTH GRADE READING, BUT THE STATE SAW A DROP IN EIGHTH GRADE MATH PROFICIENCY. THE FINDINGS ARE PART OF THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF ...