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

New results from a national exam find that America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math ...

The Nation’s Report Card is sparking calls to action as dismal scores on reading and math show students across the country ...

Eighth-grade students showed declines in both reading and math proficiency on the 2024 NAEP, also known as the Nation’s ...

Student performance has long been a concern for state leaders, and recent data shows that won’t be changing anytime soon.

The 2024 results show that only 5 states performed statistically significantly higher than Washington’s students in 4th grade ...

Wisconsin’s fourth-grade test scores showed a continued decrease in aptitude while the eighth-grade math scores were the ...