Kindergartners who started school scoring in the bottom 20% had only a 1 in 10 chance of reading proficiency by 3rd grade.

Proficiency by grade 3 is linked to long-term academic and life outcomes, making early identification of struggling students key.

U.S. students’ math scores lag behind also dreary reading ones and have struggled even before the pandemic, but changes to the math curriculum to combat the problem have been slow moving. Over the ...

Fort Worth ISD reported reading and math gains on spring STAAR exams as state-appointed leaders work to improve academic ...

Both the state as a whole and Dallas ISD made gains in math, and middle schoolers gained ground in reading. But fewer than ...

Recently, the National Center for Education Statistics released the Nation’s Report Card of student progress in reading and math. These scores are based on the National Assessment of Educational ...

New York fourth graders have some catching up to do in their math and reading exam scores, according to a report released on March 13 by the state’s Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and the Office of ...

California students performed significantly below their pre-pandemic scores in math and reading on the latest National Assessment for Educational Progress, the results of which were released Wednesday ...

The Texas Education Agency released spring 2026 test scores for grades 3-8 on Tuesday morning. Here's how Tarrant County students scored.

Stay on top of articles like this one by subscribing to the weekly MindShift email newsletter. Almost five years have passed since COVID-19 first disrupted America’s schools, and new data, known as ...

Grades 3-8 students improved across the district, which avoided declines in every tested grade level and outpaced statewide gains in key subjects.

Instead of focusing on the decline in reading scores, we need to change the standard approach to instruction that is causing them. Well, okay, I will write a bit about the depressing national test ...