Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the latest national achievement scores come out, people want to look at the change since the last time. Are things going up ...

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The latest results from the so-called Nation’s Report Card are out, and they paint a sobering picture of academic achievement across the country. The National Center for Education Statistics has ...

The reading and math scores of 12th graders has dropped to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to results from an exam known as the nation's report card. The National Assessment of ...

Students who took the 12th grade NAEP test in early 2024 reported lower confidence in their math abilities than their counterparts in 2019. Students from the class of 2024 had historically low scores ...

The Class of 2024, which entered high school just months after the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, spent nearly four years enduring lockdowns, masks, distance learning and increased absenteeism — ...

Experts suggest the COVID-19 pandemic, technology and chronic absenteeism are potential factors in the decline. The U.S. Education secretary called the results "devastating" and a justification for ...

The story for seniors at Iowa's public high schools remains unchanged and is identical to that of their national counterparts. That's according to the results of the National Assessment of Educational ...

When the latest national achievement scores come out, people want to look at the change since the last time. Are things going up or down? But that short-term focus on the averages loses sight of ...