In 2024, 70% of U.S. eighth-graders did not meet the "National Assessment of Educational Progress Proficient" reading achievement level on a test often referred to as the "Nation's Report Card." ...

Eighth grade test scores in Maryland have been declining for many years — and not just because schools shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Math and reading scores tested annually have steadily ...

The latest Nation’s Report Card results didn’t arrive as a warning; they arrived as a verdict. Reading scores are down again, ...

Last month, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation’s Report Card, was released and painted a dismal picture for many of our nation’s students. Unfortunately ...

As scores on a national biennial test of math and reading continued a downward slide that started in 2019, South Carolina students held steady, improved or at least declined at a slower rate — placing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students work in the classroom during their 5th grade class at Jacob G. Smith Elementary. The Georgia Department of Education ...

MARYLAND (WBFF) — The Maryland Dept. of Education announced Wednesday that students across the state improved their scores in mathematics and reading on the 2024 National Assessment of Educational ...

The most recent round of National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) results delivered a familiar gut punch: Just 30 percent of eighth graders in the United States read at or above the ...

Dylan Mayes, left, reads from a book about Willie Mays during a reading circle in class on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, in Niagara Falls, N.Y. (AP Photo/Joshua Bessex) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to ...

Despite decades of legislation meant to boost children’s reading levels, literacy scores have remained relatively stagnant ...