Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When the latest national achievement scores come out, people want to look at the change since the last time. Are things going up ...

With 38% of students scoring below basic in 8th grade science, students’ science scores were the lowest they’ve been since 2009, while students’ scores in 12th grade math and reading were the lowest ...

The 12th grade math test is given to a random sample of public and private school students around the country. It was most recently given to about 9,000 students in 2005. States are required to ...

The latest results from the so-called Nation’s Report Card are out, and they paint a sobering picture of academic achievement across the country. The National Center for Education Statistics has ...

The board that sets policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress has revised the blueprint for the 12th grade mathematics version of the influential exam, in an attempt to make the test ...

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 ...

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 ...