Tag: NCES
Indiana touts 3rd grade reading gains; Kansas lowers proficiency standards and skirts state law
Third-grade reading proficiency is at 87% in Indiana, a phenomenal increase of five points over a year ago. In Kansas, only…
“Devastating” drops in American 4th grade, 8th grade math scores on TIMSS international test
An international study of 650,000 4th and 8th graders from 64 countries shows plummeting math scores at both grade levels…
The science of reading is the solution to state, nation’s literacy problem
Thirty-four percent of fourth-grade students in the United States cannot read at the basic level, according to the National Center…
8th graders’ test scores falling in civics and U. S. history, study shows
8th-grade students performing at or above grade level in the study of civics and U. S. history declined from 2018-2022,…