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 ...

Newly released data from a crucial national test revealed historically low scores in two major subjects for 12th graders across the country, further emphasizing that U.S. students have struggled to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Students, parents and teachers have long lamented the hours that kids spend taking standardized tests, especially since the ...

Students, parents and teachers have long lamented the hours that kids spend taking standardized tests, especially since the introduction of the Common Core academic standards. But just how much time ...

Nationally, math and English scores were flat or fell. LAUSD did better in fourth-grade math, a bright spot. Students are reading less for pleasure. Instead of hoped-for improvements from pandemic-era ...