The influential global study shows a downward trend in students' performances. Germany is faring worse than ever.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High schoolers' reading and math scores dropped to the lowest level in decades, along with declines in science scores from eighth ...

America, we’ve got a middle school problem. Although reading and math scores are up for 9-year-olds on the National Assessment of Educational Progress’ Long-Term Trend assessment, scores haven’t ...

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...

The writing’s on the wall — if you can read it. Sobering national test results show more high school seniors are struggling with math and reading than at any point in recent decades, with Education ...

Kentucky education officials are pointing to some of the strongest academic gains in the country as new data shows a widening divide in the recovery of reading and mathematics across U.S. states.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Department of Education (ED) has come under scrutiny from President ...

Math achievement has been stagnating for over a decade. What could turn that around? As the “science of reading” makes big strides, one can’t help but ask if there’s an analogous “science of math.” ...

While the “science of reading” propelled a wave of state policies that have brought sweeping changes to classrooms across the country, reading’s counterpart, writing, hasn’t garnered nearly as much ...

After years of declines, scores for 9-year-olds improved in reading and mathematics from 2022 to 2025, while scores for 13-year-olds showed no significant change, according to a federal assessment ...