Fourth graders in Atlanta Public Schools made significant progress in national math and reading tests. Now the district will expand its reading program to middle schools.

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

As schools and states aim to measure and increase student proficiency in foundational skills like reading, writing, and math, some parents are asking why their child seems to be falling behind.

Growing numbers of students lack basic reading skills The average math score for eighth grade students was unchanged from 2022, while reading scores fell 2 points at both grade levels.

When Dakota Poggi was a struggling reader, she pretended to read books. But her school test scores revealed the truth: She was behind grade level in reading.

New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math ...

Palm Beach County third graders performed on par with the state average in reading, and slightly above average in math. While seventh graders in the county exceeded the state average in reading, they ...

Growing numbers of students lack basic reading skills The average math score for eighth grade students was unchanged from 2022, while reading scores fell 2 points at both grade levels.

The average math score for eighth grade students was unchanged from 2022, while reading scores fell 2 points at both grade levels.