Although most of them were still in diapers when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, today’s early elementary students didn’t make it ...

New data shows early‑grade reading remains below pre‑pandemic levels, with first‑ and second‑graders lagging as math rises.

New research shows students who were not school age during the COVID-19 pandemic are struggling to catch up in reading ...

New national test scores show a bleak picture of American education in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fourth and eighth graders' literacy skills dipped – once again – on the U.S. Department ...

When COVID-19 wrought havoc on society in early 2020, today's youngest schoolchildren were infants or yet to be born. Now in ...

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A mere one in five (22%) seniors tested as "proficient" in math, and just a third (35%) in reading. Seventyfour - stock.adobe.com Here’s one more reason to detest teacher unions and other special ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

Eighth grade test scores in Maryland have been declining for many years — and not just because schools shut down during the coronavirus pandemic. Math and reading scores tested annually have steadily ...

Young students are still struggling to bounce back academically from the pandemic, even though many were babies at the time.