The dramatic gains in student test scores on a national math exam over the past decade are being called into question by an analysis from the Brookings Institution’s Brown Center, which found ...

An analysis released last week raises anew questions about what the advent of common standards—and the development of common assessments to complement them—means for the future of the National ...

Only 22 percent of New York's 8 th graders scored high enough on the 2017 standardized test to be considered proficient at math. But the numbers are even worse in high-needs schools in both cities and ...

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 ...

This story has been edited to add additional information about 12th grade mathematics and reading scores. Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the ...

Your article about our children’s poor math performance (“Poor Math Scores on World Stage Trouble U.S.,” Jan. 5, 2005) quotes the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Cathy L. Seeley as saying ...