States across the country are looking to copy Mississippi’s success, and the nation’s spotlight on Mississippi is well deserved.

The results of an international test of academic skills released recently show dire declines in math for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...

In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...

Scores for Louisiana students fell in three of four grades on the nation’s report card but showed gains among fourth-grade readers amid a state push to improve dismal literacy rates, officials said ...

National testing data released this morning reveals severe damage inflicted on student math and reading performance, reaffirming COVID-19’s ongoing educational toll. Even as some states have shown ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Eighth grade math scores showed no statistical change, ...

BOSTON – Massachusetts students lost the top spot in math and reading test scores and the organization known as "the nation's report card" says the COVID pandemic is to blame. New data from the ...

Michigan's scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, given to a sample of fourth- and eighth-graders nationwide in math and reading, were largely flat in 2017, according to new data ...

This week, more than a third of students in Monroe County's suburban school districts declined to take the state English language arts exam for grades 3-8. The next round comes Wednesday, the first of ...