When the pandemic hit, Massachusetts was considered a national leader in education. In reality, reading and math scores have been falling behind since 2015. Since then, the state hasn’t been able to ...

Thirty-three percent of fourth graders are proficient in math and 26% in reading, the scores show. The scores for eighth ...

At least 800 education department research employees and outside partners have lost jobs. The cuts will decimate research and ...

In the business world, companies that spend billions without achieving measurable success collapse. In government, there is no accountability for agencies like the Department of Education.

Dear Madam Secretary, Congratulations and welcome to a place we once knew well. You face any number of tough challenges on ...

A few years after the state began to push schools to adopt a new, systematic way to teach kids how to read, Louisiana ...

For many educators, it’s panic time again, following the latest results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, aka the “Nation’s Report Card,” as it has been labeled by the people who are ...

There is no assurance that pouring money into schools will result in better student outcomes. In some states, just the opposite has happened. In Oregon and Washington, for example, per-pupil spending ...

By Kate Quiñones Catholic News Agency Catholic schools outranked public schools in recently released mathematics and reading ...

State officials had to name the lowest category of student test score. They considered Standard Not Met, Inconsistent, Below ...

Florida students’ low scores on the recent National Assessment for Educational Progress shows state leaders have much to do.

Wisconsin is running the other way by lowering its state standards and "cut scores"—the minimum score needed to pass an ...