Compared with 2022, the following states saw a statistically significant improvement in fourth grade math (state with the greatest increase listed first): Washington, D.C. (including both school ...

More than half of Tennessee's public school third graders fell short of the state's reading benchmark on this year's TCAP ...

Compared with 2019 results, eighth grade reading scores are now down 8 points. Reading scores are down 5 points in both grades. And in fourth grade math, scores are down 3 points.

The kids are not bouncing back. The results of a major national test released Wednesday showed that in 2024, reading and math skills of fourth and eighth grade students were still significantly ...

"Our fourth grade reading scores are virtually the same compared to 2022, and almost identical to 20 years ago. In mathematics, we also see outcomes that, while higher than most states, ...

Nearly 1 in 4 third graders risked being retained under Louisiana's new reading law, but far fewer are likely to be held back ...

Atlanta Public Schools was the only large, urban school system in the U.S. that showed significant improvement in fourth grade math and reading scores on the 2024 National Assessment of ...

Florida, long a leader in elementary reading, continued to do better than most states at fourth-grade reading, even as its scores dropped from 2022 and from the pre-pandemic high in 2017.

Though a majority of third graders did not hit a critical reading benchmark, the 2025 scores show a slight improvement over ...

More students, however, are at risk of retention this year. A total of 6,470, or 11.6%, of Alabama third graders scored below grade level on recent spring reading tests, new state data shows. That’s ...