The Courier Journal is recognizing outstanding high school students and giving you an opportunity to help choose the best of ...

“less-advantaged” students—including first-generation college students, those from neighborhoods with below-median incomes, and those whose high schools ranked high on the College Board’s Challenge ...

The National Assessment for Educational Progress results show a dispiriting and growing gap between students who are academic ...

Studies have shown that scoring basic on NAEP is roughly equivalent to scoring “proficient” on many state tests. Students who fall below it lack important reading comprehension skills; for example, a ...

Jennifer Norrell led an effort to more than double the percentage of high schoolers taking AP in her district.

Harvard researcher and NAEP governing board member Martin West said progress should be celebrated, but the “rapid decline” among low-performing students should ring alarm bells for state leaders. The ...

Known as the Nation’s Report Card, NAEP provides a common measure of student achievement across the nation using a representative sample of schools and students. The 2024 data shows that there has ...

Some 3,000 students reportedly stayed home to protest the state's takeover of the Houston Independent School District.

The results released Wednesday show the state's education system likely has a long road ahead in strengthening student achievement. And the scores, as they have in previous years, illustrate a ...

The 2024 data shows that there has been no significant change in North Carolina students’ scale scores in any area since ... about this data at the State Board of Education’s February meeting.

Trustees said they plan to interview six candidates before choosing a replacement for DeeAnn Powell, who’s retiring.

the NAEP exam — often referred to as the Nation’s Report Card — does not track student progress on subject standards set by the Texas State Board of Education. A decline in math scores ...