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4th-grade math shines as rare bright spot in otherwise bleak national report card

America’s children have continued to lose ground on reading skills in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and have made little improvement in math, according to the latest results of an exam known as ...
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4th grade reading, 8th grade math scores continue to plunge in WA despite more spending

SEATTLE — State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and eighth grade math are dropping, according to a non-partisan ...

Alabama invested in elementary math. But some schools have a long way to go

Alabama’s 2022 law reshaped math instruction at the elementary level by providing money for all schools to hire math coaches ...
WRAL

NC, nation see significant drops in 4th- and 8th-grade reading and math

North Carolina fourth- and eighth-grade students scored worse on math and reading exams this spring than before the pandemic, new federal data show. The drops in math scores are bigger than ever seen ...
Turlock Journal

Lawmakers push early math screening as local scores reveal deepening student achievement gaps

Buoyed by their successful strategies for early literacy, California legislators and advocacy groups are calling for a parallel approach to math.
Education Week

3 Big Changes My School Is Making to Boost Math Achievement

We have yet to see any rebound in middle school math on the nation’s report card, where scores declined by 8 points from 2019 to 2022 and remained at that low point when kids last took NAEP in 2024.
New York Post

Only a third of NYC 4th graders deemed ‘proficient’ in math as Big Apple students lag behind state, national averages

According to a report released Wednesday by the "Nation's Report Card," New York City fourth and eighth graders still lag behind state and national averages in math and reading. EduLife Photos - stock ...