Education Week

Explaining That Steep Drop in Math Scores on NAEP: 5 Takeaways

Want to learn more? Sign up for a free five-week email mini-course full of research-backed strategies to help students make sense of math. The National Assessment for Educational Progress announced ...
Education Week

Young Students Gravitate to Math. How Teachers Can Build on That Curiosity

Zachary Champagne’s 3rd and 4th graders figure out early on that this math class will be different when their teacher tells them: “I don’t care about the answer.” The goal is to shift his elementary ...
The Hill

Test scores show largest math declines ever for fourth, eighth graders

Students’ math scores nationwide dropped by the largest amount ever this year while reading scores also saw sharp declines, according to newly released Education Department data that provides the most ...
7News Miami

Math and reading scores of 4th- and 8th-graders dropped during pandemic, report says. Math declines were the largest ever

(CNN) — Fourth- and eighth-graders fell behind in reading and had the largest ever decline in math, according to a national educational assessment that shows the devastating impact of Covid-19 on ...
WOSU Public Media

74% of Ohio 8th graders not hitting math benchmarks, 65% of 4th grade readers are also behind

More than a majority of American 4th graders and 8th graders are not meeting reading and math benchmarks, including Ohioans, according to data from the Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2024 Kids Count Data ...