The results of an international test of academic skills released recently show dire declines in math for U.S. fourth- and eighth-grade students. The Trends in International Mathematics and Science ...

Every two years, hundreds of thousands of American fourth and eighth grade students take a test called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The test evaluates students’ reading and math ...

Student math scores in New York and most other states fell at record rates during the COVID-19 pandemic, prompting federal testing officials to conclude that the decline could potentially hinder the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — New data is highlighting a growing concern about how well students are learning math and how to read. According to the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), scores for ...

Ohio students' reading and math scores still haven't recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new report.

A Math Is Cool contest has Spokane Valley fourth-graders counting wins. More than 400 fourth-grade students from around Spokane competed in mental math team challenges and individual tests during the ...

BOSTON – Massachusetts students lost the top spot in math and reading test scores and the organization known as "the nation's report card" says the COVID pandemic is to blame. New data from the ...

A fourth grader at Hartwood Elementary School District channeled her inner “mathlete” to earn a near-perfect score in a nationwide math competition. Charlene “Cici” Xu recently scored in the top 1% of ...

In “Do Sports Explain the ‘Math Gender Gap’?” (op-ed, Sept. 8), J.T. Young speculates whether “the way we teach math is somehow biased against girls.” A related issue is that recent teaching ...