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 ...

For many conservatives, the department is a byzantine bureaucracy that has proved difficult to tame.  David Cleary, a ...

The latest National Report Card continues to show a steady decline in reading, with scores reaching an all-time low.

According to new research from Project Tomorrow and Thorndike Press from Gale, part of Cengage Group, large print books can ...

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 ...

Rapidly-increasing levels of non-English speaking students in schools across the nation may be contributing to the abysmal ...

NAEP remains the single most important activity of the Education Department. Which is why it needs the secretary's watchful ...

Scores on the Smarter Balanced and state science tests will soon be labeled Advanced, Proficient, Developing and Minimal.

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.

Officials to decide Wednesday how to describe student performance on state tests. New plan moves away from using ...

Since 1998, Virginia has relied on its Standards of Learning (SOL) assessments to gauge proficiency in areas like reading and ...