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Standards Gap: Why Many Students Score Proficient on State Tests But Not on NAEP
A version of this essay appeared on the FutureEd blog. One of the most striking features of the troubling results from the ...
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Education report reveals which states have seen biggest drops in reading, math scores
While some schools are starting to claw back some of the ground lost due to pandemic-era learning disruptions, but there’s ...
Florida among states that have seen biggest drops in reading, math scores
While some schools are starting to claw back some of the ground lost due to pandemic-era learning disruptions, but there’s still a ways to go, a new report finds.
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Years After the Pandemic, the Lowest-Performing Students Are Still Significantly Behind
"Change must happen, and it must happen now." These latest NAEP results looked at achievement for fourth and eighth graders in reading and math. Overall, test scores declined slightly when ...
USA Today14d
Iowa students' reading, math scores beat US average but remain below pre-pandemic levels
The U.S. Department of Education's latest Nation's Report Card, which tests the reading and math ... by one point compared to 2022. In reading, scores declined by six points for fourth graders ...
Fort Collins Coloradoan14d
Colorado students outperforming national average but still behind pre-pandemic levels
National averages fell by two points from 2022 to 2024 for fourth- and eighth-grade reading and by one point for eighth-grade math while improving by two points for fourth-grade math. National ...
The Center Square14d
Florida fourth and eighth grade test scores slip slightly compared to 2022
Despite the decrease, Florida ranked second nationally for fourth grade math proficiency and tied for 11th with Kentucky in fourth grade reading. Sunshine State eighth graders tied with Nevada at 43rd ...
Reuters14d
US labor costs rise moderately in fourth quarter
WASHINGTON, Jan 31 (Reuters) - U.S. labor costs rose marginally in the fourth quarter ... The ECI is viewed by policymakers as one of the better measures of labor market slack and a predictor ...
The Boston Globe15d
N.H. students buck national trend in latest Nation’s Report Card
Fourth- and eighth-graders took the ... pandemic relief funding has helped schools provide one-on-one support for students through math and reading specialists, in addition to mental and emotional ...
The Clarion-Ledger15d
NAEP 2024 Report Card shows MS, rest of US not up to pre-pandemic levels. See results here
"Mississippi fourth graders aren't just one of the best in reading and math gains — they're the best in the nation. And when you look at the historic performance of Mississippi's eighth graders ...
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Nation's Report Card shows mixed results in Wisconsin
The same amount of fourth graders — 10% — tested “at advanced” levels in math that year. In Wisconsin in 2024 ... students and increased special education funding. “We have one of the lowest special ...
Portland Press Herald15d
Maine 4th graders’ math and reading skills are among the lowest in the US
The 2024 report card says just 33% of Maine fourth graders are proficient in math, one of the lowest proficiency levels in the nation. Compared to the rest of the country, those same students ...