Kids' reading, math skills are worsening, new test scores reveal. What's going on?
The nation's young people scored an average 5 points lower in reading than kids who tested before the COVID-19 pandemic in ...
American Children’s Reading Skills Reach New Lows
The percentage of eighth graders who have “below basic” reading skills according to NAEP was the largest it has been in the ...
Nation's Report Card has been released. See how SC kids rank at math and reading.
As scores on a national test of math and reading continued a downward slide, South Carolina students held steady, improved or ...
American Kids Are Getting Even Worse at Reading
The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in ...
Post-pandemic nose-dive: Why student test scores are raising alarms among parents and teachers
Kids now don't have the joy for reading they once did, and teachers have changed the way they teach writing in the digital ...
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How Louisiana achieved 'historic progress' in reading, outranking other states on national test
For the second time, Louisiana’s 4th graders led the nation in reading growth on the NAEP exam, a test given every two years ...
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Reading Scores Fall to New Low on NAEP, Fueled by Declines for Struggling Students
Studies have shown that scoring basic on NAEP is roughly equivalent to scoring “proficient” on many state tests. Students who fall below it lack important reading comprehension skills; for example, a ...
Test scores show how teacher union-driven lockdowns devastated kids
Most of America’s kids aren’t regaining the ground lost to school shutdowns during the pandemic: That’s the main bottom line ...
‘Heartbreaking’ test score shows US children falling behind on reading, math — here’s why some Republicans are blaming Biden
While the highest-performing students have started to regain lost ground, lower-performing students are falling further ...
Florida reading, math scores fall to lowest mark in more than 20 years on nation’s report card
The state’s 8th-grade reading score was below the national average for the first time since 2015, and its 8th-grade math ...
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A dismal report card in math and reading
The results also highlighted the sharp divergence between higher- and lower- achieving students. The modest progress in fourth grade math was entirely driven by high-achieving students. And the ...