The government has made some bold claims for its school reading policies—including that early results have been ...

The government has announced a mandatory reading test for all children in year 8, which it says will help identify gaps early ...

Our math and reading scores have been declining for a decade. The “Southern Surge” should be a wake-up call. Emily Scherer has been teaching fifth-grade English in Newport, Vermont, for nearly a ...

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Stripe Inc.’s valuation has climbed to $106.7 billion, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter, passing the digital-payments firm’s previous peak of $95 billion in 2021. Long one of ...

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Most Utah students aren’t meeting state standards in math and science, according to newly released state testing data. The Utah State Board of Education recently published statewide assessment results ...

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 ...

American high-school seniors’ scores on major math and reading tests fell to their lowest levels on record, according to results released Tuesday by the U.S. Education Department. Twelfth-graders’ ...

Students are performing worse in reading, mathematics, and science than they did in 2019, with more high school seniors scoring below basic achievement in reading and math than ever before in a ...

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 ...

Scores for 12th-graders in math and reading continued their years-long slide, reaching new lows on national tests, new data released Tuesday show. Scores for 12th-graders in math and reading continued ...