December 11, 2025 - A tiny school district in rural Merced County has invested heavily in school counseling. And UCLA researchers have recognized the results. Eighth-graders in the United States have ...

To complement Quality Counts 2010’s exploration of reinvigorated interest in common standards and assessments on the national stage, the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center conducted an ...

Learning disruptions during the pandemic have undone decades of academic progress for the nation’s 9-year-olds — with new federal data showing dizzying drops in their math and reading scores this year ...

Slightly more than half of the state’s public school students are at or above grade level in reading. The same cannot be said of math. Results of the state’s Smarter Balance assessment show that while ...

When it comes to how American students are recovering from the pandemic, it's a tale of two subjects. States across the country have made some progress in math over the past two years, while in ...

Today’s release of California’s test score data from the 2024-25 school year provides us with a clearer picture of where we stand in our post-pandemic recovery. The results show real progress: Our ...

After two decades of slow and steady progress in math, U.S. fourth-graders made no improvement over 2007, according to nationwide test scores released Wednesday. Eighth-graders made headway, posting ...

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RECORD INVESTMENTS IN EDUCATION. THE LATEST RESULTS FROM THE CLASSROOM WERE MADE PUBLIC DURING THE MONTHLY STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING. IT’S WORKING. WE ARE. IS IT WORKING IN EACH INDIVIDUAL ...

There’s yet more evidence that students have lost significant ground following the wobbly shift to pandemic-era remote classes that stretched for months: New data show the nation’s 13-year-olds are ...

During Math classes in schools some students thrive on solving equations, while others feel lost in a sea of numbers and formulas. For educators, the challenge lies in striking the perfect balance: ...

Sacramento students are underperforming in English language arts and mathematics assessments compared to their peers across the state, according to new data released by the California Department of ...