New federal data reveals that 9-year-olds’ reading and math scores have declined significantly across the board since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The results show the largest average score ...

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Get the Ed Chat newsletter: Enter your email for weekly updates about Alabama schools: The Alabama Board of Education will vote Thursday whether to lower the reading score a third-grader must reach to ...

The Alabama Board of Education on Thursday voted 7-to-2 to raise the score requirement on the state’s third grade reading test - the first hurdle determining whether the student moves to fourth grade ...

Three of four African-American boys in California classrooms failed to meet reading and writing standards on the most recent round of testing, according to data obtained from the state Department of ...

More than 1 in 4 Louisiana third graders scored far below state targets on a reading test this fall, according to newly released data. Now, schools have until the spring to catch those students up or ...

Los Angeles Unified’s unexpectedly big increase in eighth grade reading on the National Assessment of Educational Progress drew praise and skepticism after the release of the scores last month. The ...