SEATTLE — State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math are dropping, according to a non-partisan ...

And eighth grade is seen as a pivotal time to develop skills for math, science and technology careers. Staff writer Leslie Postal and the Associated Press contributed to this report. Originally ...

Washington, D.C., students showed big gains in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math. In fact, D.C. Public Schools was the only large district to show test-score gains in three of the four ...