Learning disruptions during the pandemic have undone decades of academic progress for the nation’s 9-year-olds — with new federal data showing dizzying drops in their math and reading scores this year ...

Debates over how to teach math echo the conflicts over reading instruction, and some issues are similar. But unlike math, reading—in its full sense—draws on everything a person has been able to learn.

Policy experts and parental rights organizations reacted to the newly released poor U.S. report card on math and reading scores. The COVID-19 pandemic’s toll on the learning of kids across the U.S.

National test scores released Monday confirm the grim news that’s been coming from state exams: Students across the country saw significant academic setbacks during the pandemic, especially in math.

CHARLIE RANGEL, ALL MATH AND READING SCORES FOR 13 YEAR OLDS IN THE US HAS HIT ITS LOWEST LEVEL IN DECADES. THAT’S COMING FROM A NEW REPORT FROM THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS CASE.

Stay on top of articles like this one by subscribing to the weekly MindShift email newsletter. Almost five years have passed since COVID-19 first disrupted America’s schools, and new data, known as ...

At least seven states have recently passed legislation targeting math instruction—laws that require schools to identify and support struggling students and mandate that teachers receive additional ...

U.S. students’ math scores lag behind also dreary reading ones and have struggled even before the pandemic, but changes to the math curriculum to combat the problem have been slow moving. Over the ...

Math and reading scores for 9-year-olds in the US fell between 2020 and 2022 by a level not seen in decades, a foreboding sign of the state of American education two years after the Covid-19 pandemic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This article was originally published in Chalkbeat. All New York City middle schools will be required to use city-approved ...

Eighth grade test scores in Maryland have been declining for many years — and not just because schools shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Math and reading scores tested annually have steadily ...