How can I assume that? The test asked them to define the word decipher, and 24 percent got it wrong. “You can’t believe how low ‘below basic’ is,” says Carol Jago, a former public-school teacher who ...

Schools are less likely to offer Latino and Black students early algebra, limiting odds they will get advanced courses and higher-paying jobs.

On the Nation’s Report Card in 2024, only two in five fourth graders were proficient in grade-level math. By eighth grade, ...

A new report out of the University of California San Diego is raising educational alarm bells as American students fall ...

Key Points ・UC San Diego’s own faculty report shows a thirtyfold jump since 2020 in freshmen arriving with math skills below the middle-school level, raising concerns about admissions practices and ...

The South Dakota Department of Education isn’t meeting its goals, so the state’s Government Operations and Audit (GOAD) committee wants to meet with ...

The first school report card issued under Illinois’ new, revised scoring system shows higher student proficiency rates in ...

Of the 10,663 third graders who did not pass the IREAD test, 6,950 were able to advance to fourth grade with a good cause ...

According to new data released Wednesday by the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE), roughly 3,000 students were held back ...