Kids' test scores began declining way before COVID. These schools are making gains

Remember those devastating learning losses that began during the pandemic? Turns out, they began years before COVID-19. Some ...

Why U.S. Test Scores Are in a ‘Generation-Long Decline’

The data includes third- through eighth-grade test scores for districts in 40 states and the District of Columbia, as of the ...

Kids are in a ‘reading recession,’ as test scores continue to decline

Researchers are warning that the U.S. is experiencing a reading recession, a slide that predates the COVID-19 pandemic.

America’s Math Crisis

We teach the wrong math, tested in the wrong way, writes Ted Dintersmith.
The Baltimore Sun

New Maryland test scores for English, math show little change across schools

Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program standardized test results from spring 2024 reflected little overall improvement in English language arts and math, according to data released Tuesday by the ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Anxiety affects test scores even among students who excel at math

The term math anxiety doesn’t call to mind a person who excels at the subject. But students who perform extremely well on math exams can suffer from such anxiety, which has a surprisingly powerful ...
Chalkbeat on MSN

Tech glitches disrupt state math exams across New York

Tech problems blocked many students from logging into New York’s grade 3-8 math exams, forcing delays and raising fresh concerns about the shift to computer-based testing.
American Enterprise Institute

New Data on 2015 SAT Test Confirm 40+ Year Pattern — High School Boys Outperform Girls on the SAT Math Test

I reported recently on CD that high school boys outperformed girls on the 2015 SAT math test with an average score of 527 points (55 th percentile) compared to the average score of 496 for high school ...