In 2023, Oregon lawmakers passed HB 3198, which created the Early Literacy Success Initiative, an effort to address the state’s dismal reading test scores. The bill aimed to more fully adopt a phonics ...

College application deadlines in January are approaching. As they do, students and especially parents are having tough conversations and revising their school lists and expectations in one direction: ...

Half of Grade 6 students and 42 per cent of students in Grade 9 in Ontario did not meet the provincial standard for math in the 2024-25 school year, according to the latest standardized test scores.

A UC San Diego report reveals a significant spike in freshmen requiring remedial math classes, with the need increasing from 1 in 100 to 1 in 8 students since 2020 due to factors such as COVID ...

If a student can’t pass Florida’s third grade math test, what chance will they have in fourth grade? And what happens when they’re facing more advanced math? The evidence suggests that early math gaps ...

Massachusetts education officials released the 2025 MCAS score results Monday, showing only 13 districts in the state have caught up to their pre-pandemic Math and English scores as results continue ...

For the first time in two decades, Massachusetts sophomores took the MCAS without needing it to graduate. The result: they did much worse than last year, and some state officials and others believe ...

High school seniors had the worst reading scores since 1992 on a national test, a loss probably related to increases in screen time and the pandemic. Their math scores fell as well. By Dana Goldstein ...

EdSource · The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 The John Fensterwald forecast: What’s coming for California schools in 2026 January 8, 2026 - It's time for John ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. State tests show 55% student proficiency, still below 2018-19's 58.8% rate. Graduation rate climbed to 87.7%, the highest level in ...

North Carolina’s public schools haven’t reached pre-pandemic achievement levels yet, but state leaders say this year’s gains are a “baseline” for the continuing academic progress. New statewide test ...

Out of the district's 59 elementary campuses, Pope and McGown elementaries were the only schools in Cy-Fair ISD to see their fifth graders on average master all three subjects on this year’s STAAR ...