The results of an international test of academic skills released recently show dire declines in math for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...

North Carolina fourth- and eighth-grade students scored worse on math and reading exams this spring than before the pandemic, new federal data show. The drops in math scores are bigger than ever seen ...

Michigan reflected a nationwide trend when it saw student test scores decline for fourth- and eighth-graders in reading and for eighth-graders in math between 2022 and 2024, according to national test ...

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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 ...

Reading and Math test scores for fourth- and eighth-graders plummeted throughout the United States between 2019 and 2022 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and Mississippi's results were no ...