Eighth-grade test scores in Maryland have been declining for many years — and not just because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

State and federal education spending for K-12 schools in Washington is way up, but test scores in fourth grade reading and ...

For years, the country’s lowest-scoring students were steadily improving on national tests. Starting around 2013, something ...

The national exam results also show growing inequality: While the highest ... testing fourth- and eighth-grade students on math and reading. “The news is not good,” said Peggy Carr ...