High school seniors’ math and reading comprehension are on the decline, according to a national report. The National Center for Education Statistics, part of the U.S. Department of Education, ...

The latest results of the tests known as the Nation’s Report Card offer a mostly grim view of academic progress in U.S. schools. “Over the past decade, there has been no progress in either mathematics ...

CAMERA LAST MONTH, THE PANDEMIC TOOK A TOLL ON STUDENT READING AND TEST SCORES. THE NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS REPORTS THE AVERAGE MATH SCORE FOR FOURTH GRADERS WAS FIVE POINTS LOWER ...

The first MCAS tests administered in the COVID-19 era featured drops in scores "across the board," the state's education commissioner said Sept. 21, saying the results show "everyone is going to have ...

Arizona students suffered math learning loss during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but held steady in reading, new nationwide assessment results show. Arizona students performed at or ...

The Alabama Education Lab at AL.com is funded by grants and individual donations. Please consider making a contribution here. Test scores for Alabama’s students are down this year, an expected decline ...

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According to Ferndale High School math teacher Mr. Kelly, the answer is 16. "When kids memorize the acronym PEMDAS: parenthesis, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, some assume ...