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EIGHTH GRADE STUDENTS’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test was given. The latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress ...

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 ...

New test scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nation's Report Card, show eighth-graders' science scores have fallen 4 points since 2019 and ...

WASHINGTON — A decadelong slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, ...

EdSource · How a California professor once coded secrets in music (rebroadcast) Eighth grade students’ science test scores have fallen to the level they were in 2009, the first year the national test ...