A student exits a school bus as they arrive to Creative Arts Secondary School on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025, in Saint Paul, Minn. (Ellen Schmidt/Minnesota Reformer) The share of Minnesota eighth graders ...

Math performance has slightly rebounded since the Covid-19 pandemic closed schools, but reading performance hasn’t bounced back, according to new National Assessment of Educational Progress data ...

In 2024, 70% of U.S. eighth-graders did not meet the "National Assessment of Educational Progress Proficient" reading achievement level on a test often referred to as the "Nation's Report Card." ...

ATLANTA — America's eighth graders are falling behind in math and reading, while fourth graders are doing slightly better in reading, according to the latest results from the Nation's Report Card. But ...

New national test scores show a bleak picture of American education in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fourth and eighth graders' literacy skills dipped – once again – on the U.S. Department ...

U.S. students’ reading scores have plunged further on the test known as the nation’s report card, while math scores have stagnated for 8th graders and ticked up slightly only for 4th ...