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

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

America, we’ve got a middle school problem. Although reading and math scores are up for 9-year-olds on the National ...

Students nearing high school graduation scored lower than ever in national math and reading tests in 2024, according to an assessment known as the Nation's Report Card. Students have not recovered ...

Reading and math concerns continue to drive attention toward effective academic strategies. Research shows students benefit most from structured reading instruction, targeted math support, consistent ...

As the school year winds down, new data is underscoring a persistent challenge in American education: students are still not ...

High schoolers’ reading and math scores dropped to the lowest level in decades, along with declines in science scores from eighth graders, according to the National Assessment of Education Progress ...

Given every two years to a sample of America’s children, the National Assessment of Educational Progress is considered one of the best gauges of the academic progress of the U.S. school system. The ...

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 ...

Unscathed by pandemic-era school closures, the nation's 9-year-olds showed progress in math and reading. It's a different story for 13-year-olds, however.

Texas students gained ground in math and social studies on spring 2026 STAAR tests, but reading results stayed largely flat, ...

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