The 67% of eighth-graders who scored at a basic or better reading level in 2024 was the lowest share since testing began in ...

The percentage of eighth graders who have “below basic” reading skills according to NAEP was the largest it has been in the ...

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 ...

Fourth and eighth graders also performed worse on the math portion of the 2024 test than they did before the pandemic. Fourth ...

America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made ...

Reading scores in New Jersey have continued to fall since the COVID pandemic, based on data published in the Nation's Report ...

Takeaways from new federal data on student math and reading achievement detail the long and damaging road back from the ...

The abysmal results reported in the national exam officially known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress came to ...

New tests show Iowa's 4th, 8th graders scored at or above average in reading and math assessments compared to the rest of the country in 2024.

Despite being a top state for public schools, fourth grade reading skills and eighth grade math performance in New Jersey's schoolchildren had generally been dropping even before the pandemic hit, ...

Alabama saw real gains in fourth grade math scores, and moved up the rankings in reading as well by maintaining reading levels while other states saw declines.