STORY: Teenagers' mathematics and reading skills are in an unprecedented decline across dozens of countries. And school closures during the global health crisis are only partly to blame. That’s ...

Think math is just about numbers and equations? Think again. Research analyzed 49 studies with 37,654 participants and ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...

This article was originally published in Florida Phoenix. End-of-year testing results show Florida students were more proficient in math and reading than a year ago. Statewide progress monitoring ...

WASHINGTON -- A decadelong slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the covid-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, ...

U.S. students’ math scores lag behind also dreary reading ones and have struggled even before the pandemic, but changes to the math curriculum to combat the problem have been slow moving. Over the ...

Philadelphia public school students have shown progress in math and reading, according to recent data released by the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also called NAEP. Created by Congress ...

Debates over how to teach math echo the conflicts over reading instruction, and some issues are similar. But unlike math, reading—in its full sense—draws on everything a person has been able to learn.

The 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress—also known as the “Nation’s Report Card”—is now out. It shows 12th-graders’ performance slipping to a record low. According to the report, ...

Kaicey Baylor joined WJZ as a reporter in October 2024. Before coming to Charm City, she spent the last three years as a morning reporter and multiskilled journalist at 13News Now in Norfolk, Virginia ...