New results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show diverging trends for 9- and 13-year-olds.

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

After years of bad news on student test scores, there’s finally a sliver of hope. The latest results from NAEP, the Nation’s Report Card, found gains in both reading and math for 9-year-olds. Not ...

American kids are spending less and less of their free time with books—and a sweeping federal study suggests it is taking a ...

Children’s wellbeing in the U.S. declined between 2019 and 2024, with children in 29 states faring worse than before the ...

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

Before every important test, teacher Nancy Barajas dims the lights, turns on a disco ball and blasts music from her playlist. Her sixth graders dance together as a “pre-celebration” to boost their ...

Researchers say the U.S. is experiencing a "reading recession" that predates the pandemic. But some places are bucking the trend, chalking up higher test scores.

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Math is the subject sixth grader Harmoni Knight finds hardest, but that’s changing. In-class tutors and “data chats” at her middle school in Compton, California, have made a ...

US schoolchildren are falling further behind in reading and math, with analysis showing the decline began years before the ...