Improving reading skills remains the more persistent challenge across the U.S., while students are faring better in math.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High schoolers’ reading and math scores dropped to the lowest level in decades, along with declines in science scores from eighth ...

The National Assessment of Educational Progress measures student performance in math and reading. See how the 50 states shape ...

The writing’s on the wall — if you can read it. Sobering national test results show more high school seniors are struggling with math and reading than at any point in recent decades, with Education ...

After years of steady declines in reading and math scores, new results from a national test of 9- and 13-year-olds offer tentative signs of recovery—9-year-olds are doing better in these two subjects ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. High school students hit historic lows in math and reading on national tests, continuing a decade-long decline ...

U.S. employers and colleges are contending with more young people who are behind academically. Some are trying to make up where schools have failed. U.S. employers and colleges are contending with ...

A decade-long slide in high schoolers' reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders' scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, according to ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Department of Education (ED) has come under scrutiny from President ...

After years of declines, scores for 9-year-olds improved in reading and mathematics from 2022 to 2025, while scores for 13-year-olds showed no significant change, according to a federal assessment ...

Students in grades 3-8 at Fort Worth ISD are further below grade level in mathematics than reading, according to STAAR test ...