A mixed class of Year 2 and 3 students — equivalent to first and second grades in the United States — practices fractions at Beach Haven School in Auckland, New Zealand. The government has instituted ...

New test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Report Card, show eighth-graders' science scores have fallen 4 points since 2019 and ...

The federal No Child Left Behind Act is spurring a host of states to craft alternative state tests in reading and mathematics for children who are learning English. But the states’ efforts could be ...

One of the most hotly contested teaching practices concerns a single minute of math class. This story also appeared in Mind/Shift Should teachers pull out their stopwatches and administer one-page ...

ALBANY — New York will change what it takes for students to reach “proficiency” on state math and English language arts tests, calling last year’s lower scores the “new normal.” A scoring committee ...

Kentucky students performed better in 2024-2025 than in recent years across several grade levels and subjects, state Department of Education officials said Wednesday as statewide testing data was ...

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Over half of Pennsylvania’s eighth-grade students scored in the worst of all four categories on the standardized test in math during 2021 — about 53.5%, to be exact. That figure — compared to state ...

Eva Moskowitz's Success Academy, serving over 22,000 low-income students, achieved the top math ranking statewide with a 96% ...