After the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers noted a stark drop in both reading and math scores among students of all ages.

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

The state’s 8th-grade reading score was below the national average for the first time since 2015, and its 8th-grade math score was the lowest in 20 years.

Arizona bucked a national trend in 2022 when its reading scores held steady, despite declining nationwide, from the test administered in 2019. But that didn't last — Arizona reading scores dropped ...

Students who fall below it lack important reading comprehension skills; for example, a 4th grader scoring below basic might not be able to determine the main idea or purpose of an informational text.

Those middle schoolers’ reading scores dropped to the lowest recorded ... improving but lower-performing ones continuing to fall, Carr said. The Sunshine State’s racial achievement persisted ...

Among the states that saw reading scores fall in 2024 are Florida and Arizona, which were among the first to return to the classroom during the pandemic. Some big school systems that had longer ...

Reading scores in New Jersey continue to fall following the COVID pandemic, based on data published in the Nation's Report Card.

Flat test scores prompt educators from 4 St. Louis schools to visit Washington, D.C., to see how it's done in $1 million literacy challenge.

Students’ reading scores fell in Arizona, in line with a national trend, while the state’s math scores held steady, according to national exam results released Wednesday. The National Assessment of ...