LANSING, Mich. (WILX) - Elementary reading scores are on the decline across the U.S., but new research shows other states are managing better than Michigan. Last year, Michigan ranked 44th in the ...

Here in Illinois — where only 30% of fourth graders are reading at grade level — education officials should look to success stories wherever they can find them. Earlier this year, we wrote ...

The state’s dramatic climb on the Nation’s Report Card – from dead-last in the nation to now 34th and 32nd in fourth grade reading and math – drew national attention this week. The simple ...

But English learners and fourth-grade Black students did better than their peers elsewhere. Texas fourth- and eight-graders' overall math and reading scores in the National Assessment of ...

Alaska students scored 49th nationally in fourth grade reading and math, and eighth grade reading. Students testing in eighth grade math ranked 46th. Nearly half a million students were tested ...

Fourth and eighth grade reading and math proficiency levels have either stagnated or declined with one exception — fourth-grade math results are on the upswing. The results indicate students are ...

The most notable bright spot in the 2024 NAEP data was Louisiana, which has been near the bottom of the state rankings in reading but saw the nation’s largest boost in 4th-grade reading scores ...

In Massachusetts, 2,600 students in fourth grade were selected to take a NAEP reading assessment, and 2,700 were selected to take math. In eighth grade, 2,300 students were selected to take ...

In 2019, Louisiana was ranked second to last in the nation in fourth and eighth-grade math and reading scores overall. That score just went up 17 places, putting Louisiana at 32nd place.

The Maryland State Board of Education set an aspirational target for Maryland to rank among the top 10 states in reading on the fourth and eighth grade NAEP exams by 2027. Although results have ...

A department news release said this year’s results are the highest that Indiana has ever ranked in fourth-grade reading, as well as a significant jump in eighth-grade reading: Fourth-grade ...

In the latest release of federal test scores, educators had hoped to see widespread recovery from the learning loss incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, the results, from last year’s ...