New England’s students remain half a year behind, new analysis shows, with few bright spots
Elementary and middle school students throughout New England are about a half grade behind in math and reading compared to ...
Oregon Capital Chronicle2d
Better grad rates but worse test scores befuddle lawmakers, validate reformers
There was good news and bad news in the data released over the past few weeks on how Oregon’s school kids are doing.
Five years in, Providence schools remain far behind state takeover goals
PROVIDENCE — The state takeover of the Providence public school system appears to be in the home stretch, with Governor Dan ...
Billings Gazette4d
Billings winter K-5 math and reading assessments produce mixed results
Some elementary grades showed improvements and reading and math, others did not. Administrators said that a switch in the ...
Reason15d
Years After the Pandemic, the Lowest-Performing Students Are Still Significantly Behind
What do these scores mean? In this year's test, almost 1 in 4 eighth graders were "below NAEP Basic" in math, meaning that they didn't even have "partial mastery" of the skills necessary to ...
Associated Press17d
US children fall further behind in reading, make little improvement in math on national exam
(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] WASHINGTON (AP ... Reading scores are down 5 points in both grades. And in fourth grade math, ...
Orlando Sentinel17d
Florida reading, math scores fall to lowest mark in more than 20 years on nation’s report card
Florida students scored significantly worse on national reading tests taken last year than in 2022 ... graders also struggled on the national math test, posting the state’s lowest scores ...
USA Today17d
Wisconsin's achievement gap for Black, white students still among worst in U.S.
For Black students, the score was just 5 ... test, sometimes called the "Nation's Report Card." Released Wednesday, the results reflect how fourth and eighth grade students performed on national ...
Deccan Herald19d
Jasprit Bumrah named ICC Men's Test Cricketer of the Year
Returning to the longest format in late 2023 after recovering from a back injury, the 31-year-old averaged a 'ridiculous' 14.92 through the year while also setting multiple records.
decrypt22d
Did OpenAI Cheat on Its Big Math Test?
But money changes everything—even math tests, apparently. OpenAI's victory lap over its o3 model's stunning 25.2% score on FrontierMath, a challenging mathematical benchmark developed by Epoch AI, hit ...
theroar.com.au26d
'Bazbulls--t': Cricket bible slammed as Test team of the year features zero Aussies, FIVE Poms
Anyone can contribute to The Roar and have their work featured alongside some of Australia’s most prominent sports journalists. Cricket bible Wisden has named their Test team of the year for ...
The Hollywood Reporter28d
Predicting This Year’s Oscar Nominations Using Just Math
By Ben Zauzmer Ben Zauzmer is a contributing writer for The Hollywood Reporter and the author of Oscarmetrics: The Math Behind the ... to win each category. Last year’s model predicted 10/ ...