AUSTIN, Texas -- A Republican-controlled Texas State Board of Education on Friday rejected seven of 12 proposed science textbooks for eighth graders that for the first time will require them to ...

National Assessment of Educational Progress scores are not representative of grade-level performance, per the Department of Education's website. According to 2022 data, most state reading standards ...

U.S. students’ reading scores have plunged further on the test known as the nation’s report card, while math scores have stagnated for 8th graders and ticked up slightly only for 4th ...

A new report says reading scores of 4th and 8th graders have dropped compared with scores from 2022, while math scores for 8th graders stayed the same and improved for 4th graders. An expert says the ...

The Nation's Report Card shows nationwide declines in both math and reading, with 12th-grade reading scores falling to their ...

Survey results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show 8th graders do less scientific inquiry now than five years ago.