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WASHINGTON (AP) — Younger students have regained ground academically after the pandemic's disruptions while older students' test scores continue to stagnate, according to the latest testing data ...

New federal test scores show younger students are making gains in reading and math — after years of declines. "I think this is an optimistic release," Matthew Soldner, acting commissioner of the ...

After years of steady declines in reading and math scores, new results from a national test of 9- and 13-year-olds offer tentative signs of recovery—9-year-olds are doing better in these two subjects ...

Mayor Mamdani is moving forward with an expansion of New York City’s curriculum reforms started under ex-Mayor Eric Adams, including changes to how math is taught in elementary schools and reading in ...

Tennessee once again ranked highly in math and reading growth compared to its peers in the South and across the country, and is poised to make even more gains, according to the new Education Recovery ...

At three public schools in Mesquite, some kids are making money for doing math. Each time they complete 30 addition problems correctly within 60 seconds, for example, they get a badge that earns them ...

Louisiana students are outpacing their peers in most states in reading and math growth, even as much of the country struggles to recover from a “learning recession,” according to a new report.

In the latest push to improve academic proficiency, the Maryland State Department of Education is working to hire 61 math and literacy coaches who will train teachers across the state beginning this ...

A decade or so ago, reading instruction underwent a public reassessment. Whole language approaches had emphasized immersion in texts and contextual, “cue"-based guessing strategies. The goals were ...